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.
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
- 1002 South First Street (House), 1002 South First Street, Lanettfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- 414 South Second Street (House), 414 South Second Street, Lanettfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- 501 Eighth Street (House), 501 Eighth Street, Lanettfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresLanett 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,468 | |
| 2020 | 6,970 | +502 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lanett South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARRIS-002 |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TROUP-004 |
| 19 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Lanett | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Lanett | $10,000 | The First Baptist Church of Lanett had significant flooding in the basement of the building, and the local fire department was called in. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were down in Lanett. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lanett | $8,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported near Lanett, in the southeastern part of the county. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down near Valley. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Valley. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near Valley and near Kendall Crossroads. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Lanett | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lanett | $1,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in and around Lanett. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | - | Trees and power lines were downed in Lanett. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | - | Several trees uprooted in and around the city of Lanett, some on homes. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | - | Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed around the city of Lanett. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lanett | - | Several roads flooded and impassable in the city of Lanett. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lanett | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanett | - | Numerous trees uprooted in the cities of Lanett and Valley and across Chambers County. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Lanett | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Lanett | - | Reported in Valley. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Lanett | - | Numerous reports of dime to nickel size hail were received from the Lanett and Valley areas. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Lanett | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Lakeview area. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lanett | - | Dime size hail was reported in Lanett. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Lanett | - | Dime size hail was reported between Lanett and Lafayette along SR 50. |
| February 1995 | Hail | Lanett | - | Opelika State Trooper Post reported three-quarter inch hail near Lanett in southeast Chambers County. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lanett | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lanett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Little Shawmut | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shawmut | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eady City | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Huguley | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Langdale | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Valley | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nelson | 4.9 miles | 15 |
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 Lanett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79263 | 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 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.






