Gantts Junction, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35151. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sylacauga West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
233 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Gantts Junction between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,858 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 75 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 | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Gantts Junction: 7 past producers, 7 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kymulga Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Wesson Manganese Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Alabama Marble Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gantts Number 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hightower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marble City Quarry Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Morretti-Harrah Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Sylacauga Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantts Quarry | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Thomas Hill | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Walco | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Five Points | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Mignon | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sylacauga | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Comerdale | 3.1 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551548 | 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 156392. 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.









