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Lanett, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lanett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36863. It stands on Oseligee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle. 6,970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.

Lanett within Chambers County

On record in Lanett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lanett grew from 6,468 to 6,970 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
20106,468
20206,970+502 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

414 South Second Street (House), 414 South Second Street , Lanett, Chambers County, AL
414 South Second Street (House), 414 South Second Street , Lanett, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
1002 South First Street (House), 1002 South First Street, Lanett, Chambers County, AL
1002 South First Street (House), 1002 South First Street, Lanett, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Lanett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 39 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 burning70
Arson/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural6
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HARRIS-002
14 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TROUP-004
19 August 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lanett: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Rockford PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lanett in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Flash FloodLanett$15,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodLanett$10,000The First Baptist Church of Lanett had significant flooding in the basement of the building, and the local fire department was called in.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLanett$10,000Trees and power lines were down in Lanett.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLanett$10,000no account filed
April 1997HailLanett$8,000Golf ball size hail was reported near Lanett, in the southeastern part of the county.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLanett$3,000A few trees were blown down near Valley.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLanett$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Valley.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLanett$2,000Several trees were blown down near Valley and near Kendall Crossroads.
March 1997HailLanett$2,000no account filed
April 2005HailLanett$1,000Quarter size hail was reported in and around Lanett.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLanett-Trees and power lines were downed in Lanett.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindLanett-Several trees uprooted in and around the city of Lanett, some on homes.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLanett-Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed around the city of Lanett.
July 2022Flash FloodLanett-Several roads flooded and impassable in the city of Lanett.
April 2021HailLanett-Large hail reported in the city of Lanett. Based on earlier reports of large hail south of the town of Waverly and radar derived hail products, this storm was likely producing large hail along its entire track across south Chambers County.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLanett-Numerous trees uprooted in the cities of Lanett and Valley and across Chambers County.
April 2014Flash FloodLanett-Heavy rainfall of approximately 2 to 4 inches fell across Chambers County during a short period of time. This led to flowing water accumulating on area roadways. While numerous roads became impassible due to the heavy rain, waters receded quickly once the rain ended.
April 2006HailLanett-Reported in Valley.
February 2005HailLanett-Numerous reports of dime to nickel size hail were received from the Lanett and Valley areas.
February 2005HailLanett-Quarter size hail fell in the Lakeview area.
July 1998HailLanett-Dime size hail was reported in Lanett.
February 1998HailLanett-Dime size hail was reported between Lanett and Lafayette along SR 50.
February 1995HailLanett-Opelika State Trooper Post reported three-quarter inch hail near Lanett in southeast Chambers County.
April 2006HailLanett-no account filed
April 2006HailLanett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chambers 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
Plant City1.1 miles15
Little Shawmut1.8 miles15
Shawmut2.0 miles15
Eady City2.9 miles15
Huguley3.1 miles15
Langdale3.5 miles15
Valley3.5 miles15
Nelson4.9 miles15

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 LanettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79263The 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 151988. 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.