Brantley, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brantley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36009. It stands on Moody Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brantley quadrangle. 825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 295 feet above sea level.
On record in Brantley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Brantley Historic Districtlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresBrantley grew from 809 to 825 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 809 | |
| 2020 | 825 | +16 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brantley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Brantley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 337 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OFF U.S. HWY 331, AL |
| 26 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190526-2 |
| 18 May 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 12839 OPP HWY, AL |
| 14 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 12839 OPP HWY SOUTH OF BRANTLEY, AL |
| 14 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | N.GRAVEL, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brantley: 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cre 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| J S Layton Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brantley in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $40,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph damaged multiple structures in Brantley. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $25,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced high winds that damaged a house and downed trees in Brantley. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $20,000 | Trees were downed in Brantley and a roof was damaged. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $15,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph partially removed a roof from a single family home. A tree was also blown over onto the house. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew part of a roof off a home near Weed (near the intersection of State Highway 141 and County Road 43). |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed several trees in the Brantley area with some homes damaged. US Hwy 331 blocked due to downed trees. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $10,000 | Trees were blown down near Brantley by high winds from a thunderstorm. Dime size hail was also reported with the storm. |
| October 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Brantley | $10,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near Brantley on U.S. Highway 29. Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $8,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew trees down near Brantley. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $5,000 | High winds downed several trees along Spring Hill Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $5,000 | A barn on Emmett Avenue was destroyed due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Brantly. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just west of Brantley. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $3,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Brantley. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Brantley. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | Tree blocking US Hwy 331. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | High winds downed trees in Brantly causing damage to a house. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | High winds downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | Multiple trees were downed in Brantley, AL. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Brantley | - | Dime to Quarter size hail covering the ground. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | High winds downed trees and power lines. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Brantley | - | Crenshaw County EMA reports golf ball size hail. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Brantley | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail reported near Brantley. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | High winds downed a tree near MM32 on Highway 189. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | A large swath of damaging winds caused numerous reports of downed trees and power lines in and around Brantly. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Brantley | - | The tornado first touched down at the corner of Glenwood Road and Melvin Wallace Road where it snapped an area of trees. The tornado then continued northeast across Nelvin Wallace Road where to reached peak intensity snapping several pines, uprooting several oak trees and removing the roof of an out building. Eventually the tornado lifted just south of N Brunson Chapel Road but nor before snapping a few more pine trees. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantley | - | Numerous trees were downed by a severe thunderstorm between Brantley and Luverne. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Brantley | - | Powell Road closed due to water covering the roadway. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Brantley | - | Local EMA reported dime sized hail at Brantley. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Brantley | - | Hail from half-inch to about dime-size was reported at Brantley. |
| December 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Brantley | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock (historical) | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Theba | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Weed Crossroad | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Carmen | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bullock | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| New Hope | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Glenwood | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Leon | 7.4 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Brantley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66351 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154995. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



