Lockhart, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36455. The Survey maps it on the Florala quadrangle. 445 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLockhart fell from 516 to 445 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 | 516 | |
| 2020 | 445 | -71 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Florala quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lockhart between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,892 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PERKINS ROAD |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 589 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-5 |
| 22 September 2019 | Smoking | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | CO HWY 147 (66) |
| 22 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama 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 Lockhart: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Pleasant Grove Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockhart in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lockhart | $15,000 | A tornado that had developed in Okaloosa county moved into Covington county from the south. The tornado tracked to just west of Lockhart before dissipating. Trees and power lines were blown down along the track of the tornado. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60mph downed trees in Lockart. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Lockhart area. A couple of awnings were picked up by the winds and blown from carports. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Lockhart. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | - | Trees down on County Rd 4 near Florala. Time estimated on radar. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Lockhart | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florala | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stedman | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| McRae | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Huckaville | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Chapel Hill | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Howells | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Shiloh | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Red Oak | 10.7 miles | 7 |
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 Lockhart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67615 | 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 121944. 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.



