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Gantt, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rose Hill-Gantt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36038. The Survey maps it on the Gantt quadrangle. 196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.

Gantt within Covington County

Population over time

2 figures

Gantt fell from 222 to 196 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.

YearPeople Change
2010222
2020196-26 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Gantt between 1994 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-11
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Gantt: 15 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
River Falls Sand ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Covington County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gantt in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGantt2 hurtA storm survey identified a one mile area of significant straight line wind damage near the Gantt and Heath areas. Winds were estimated to be between 80 to 90 mph. These winds rolled over a single wide manufactured home, injuring 2 occupants. Numerous trees were downed or snapped and several power lines were downed as well.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindGantt$200,000The line of intense thunderstorms that had moved through the Red Level and Pigeon Creek areas of Covington county caused more damage along U. S. 29. just northeast of Gantt. The damage was mostly confined to the west side of the lake. The high winds caused damage to several homes and buildings along with blowing down numerous trees. Most of the damage was to light weight structures, such as out buildings and tin roofs on barns. No one was injured. The "Bow Echo" that caused the damage kept weakening as it moved east.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Gantt$40,000A weak tornado touched down near a home in the Straughn community. The weak tornado stayed on the ground for about a mile. The tornado damaged a home that had just been repaired from damage that it received during hurricane Ivan. The home suffered roof and siding damage from the tornado. A pump house was also destroyed. Several trees were also blown down. Although someone was in the attic of the home when the tornado damaged the roof, they were not injured.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGantt$12,000no account filed
January 2017Thunderstorm WindGantt$10,000A tree was blown down onto a garage in the community of Gantt.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGantt$7,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and also caused minor damage to a mobile home.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGantt$3,000High winds blew trees down at County Road 61 north of the Gantt community.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindGantt$3,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGantt-High winds downed a tree on structure near Haygood Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGantt-High winds downed 15 to 20 trees and caused structural damage to a barn and a mobile home community.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGantt-Winds estimated at 70 mph downed trees and powerlines.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGantt-Northwest of the town of Gantt, several areas with trees and power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph.
December 2000HailGantt-Dime size hail was reported near Gantt.
March 2023HailGantt-no account filed
March 2023HailGantt-no account filed
April 2004HailGantt-no account filed
May 2003HailGantt-no account filed
April 1998HailGantt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Covington 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
Valley of Shiloh1.1 miles8
Dunns1.9 miles8
Rawls3.2 miles8
Heath3.3 miles8
Clearview3.6 miles8
Straughn3.7 miles8
Coldwater3.8 miles8
Boston4.2 miles8

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 GanttAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66663The 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 118811. 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.