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Bryant, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Long Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35958. It stands on Meadows Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. It stands 1,631 feet above sea level.

Bryant within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Bryant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,572 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 70 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 burning89
Arson/incendiarism70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1998Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning25 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bryant: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Bridgeport Jv SmelterIron, SilicaPlant
Jac 14 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Nickajack PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Nickajack PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryant in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001LightningBryant1 killed, 4 hurtA minor traffic accident occurred on SR 73 in Bryant. A group of three fire fighters and two other men were standing next to the accident scene when lightning struck a tree nearby. One man in his 60's was killed and four others received injuries of varying intensity.
July 2013Flash FloodBryant$75,000Flash flooding occurred in and near the Bryant, Alabama community with asphalt reported to be washed away along County Road 267, around a foot of water flowing across County road 131 and a bridge reported to be washed away at the intersection of County Roads 290 and 291.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBryant$5,000A metal car port was heavily damaged at 6654 Highway 73 in Bryant.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBryant$4,000Structural damage was reported to a carport along with tree damage at 6654 highway 73.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBryant$1,000EMA reported a tree down on a home off of County Road 267 near Bryant. Time estimated by radar.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBryant$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking one lane at 1132 CR 310.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBryant$1,000A tree was knocked down onto power lines at the intersection of CR 290 and CR 291. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBryant$1,000A tree was reported down on CR 297. Time was estimated from radar.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindBryant$1,000A large tree was knocked down along CR 741.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindBryant$500A tree was knocked down along CR 291 in Bryant.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBryant$500A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds in Bryant.
April 2025HailBryant-Photo indicated hail of around nickel sized that fell in Bryant. Time estimated by radar.
February 2019FloodBryant-CR 93 in the Bryant area is structural damage sinking 6 to 8 inches due to excessive rainfall. Damage also round of County Road 189, County Road 17, Cumberland Mountain Road, and County Road 38.

Every storm recorded in Jackson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Long Island2.9 miles24
Battery Hill4.1 miles24
Bridgeport4.4 miles24
Floral Crest5.3 miles23
Eliza5.6 miles23
Copenhagen (historical)5.7 miles24
Rocky Springs6.5 miles23
Higdon6.8 miles23

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 BryantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4980526The 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 115080. 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.