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Millport, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Millport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35576. It stands on Driver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millport quadrangle. 1,010 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.

Millport within Lamar County

Population over time

3 figures

Millport fell from 1,160 to 1,010 between 2000 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
20001,160
20101,049-111 (-10%)
20201,010-39 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Millport between 1994 and 2019, burning about 861 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 2000Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSTEEDLEY ROAD, AL
24 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Storms near this place

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millport in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMillport$60,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMillport$50,000Thunderstorm wind downed a number of trees in Millport including one that struck a home. Another home sustained minor roof damage.
December 2004Tornado (F2)Millport$30,000A tornado crossed the Mississippi-Alabama state line at 402 AM. The tornado caused F2 damage along its relatively short path in Mississippi. The tornado produced only F0 damage in Alabama. The tornado path in Alabama started near the Luxapallia Creek in far southwest Lamar County. The tornado snapped off and uprooted numerous trees along its entire northeastward path. The tornado ended near the intersection of Baines Circle and CR 12. One home sustained shingle damage and a few out-buildings were damaged near the ending point. The tornado was approximately 3.0 miles long and 75 yards wide at its widest point in Alabama. The tornado began approximately 3 miles southwest of Steens, Mississippi where it produced the most significant damage.Begin: 33 33.808/88 16.255 End: 33 35.081/88 13.692
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMillport$13,000Several trees were blown down across the southern part of the county. One mobile home park reported minor damage from fallen trees.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMillport$10,000A roof was blown off a mobile home on Dison Road.
March 2000HailMillport$10,000Golf ball size hail was observed in Millport. One home had significant roof damage from the hail.
March 1996HailMillport$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMillport$8,000Several trees were blown down in and around Millport.
April 1996HailMillport$8,000no account filed
April 1996HailMillport$8,000no account filed
April 1998HailMillport$5,000Golf ball size hail was reported in the southern part of the county.
May 1997HailMillport$5,000Quarter sized hail was reported in Mt. Olive, in the southern part of the county.
January 1997HailMillport$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMillport$4,000no account filed
March 1998HailMillport$3,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Millport.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000Trees were knocked down on AL Hwy 96 west of Millport.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000Several trees were blown down on Mount Pleasant Church Road, in the southern part of Lamar County.
January 2007Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000Several trees were downed on Highway 17, north of Millport.
January 2007Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down, blocking the roadway on Highway 96.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000Trees blown down.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindMillport$2,000A few trees were blown down along SR 96 west of Millport.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMillport$1,000A couple trees were blown down on CR-3, southeast of Millport.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMillport$1,000Trees were blown down on Tomlin Road.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMillport$1,000A few trees and power lines were blown down in Millport and also in Kennedy.
April 2025Flash FloodMillport-A section of Mt. Pleasant Church Rd was washed out, and water was flowing over Highway 17 near Steedley Rd.
April 2025HailMillport-Quarter-size hail was reported in Millport.
June 2025Flash FloodMillport-Flash flooding was reported around Millport. Highway 96 had shoulders washed out and area under the road washed out. Mount Carmel Rd had a culvert washed out, leaving it impassable. CR 27 and McAdams Rd were washed out as well.
May 2024HailMillport-Hail covered the ground in the Millport area with the largest hailstones estimated at golf ball size.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMillport-Roof blown off tractor barn.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMillport-Several trees uprooted in the town of Millport.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMillport-Several trees uprooted on Highway 96 in the city of Millport.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMillport-Three large trees uprooted on Francis Street in the town of Millport. One of the trees fell on a home and caused significant damage.
November 2018Tornado (EF1)Millport-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed minor damage in southern Lamar County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down in a wooded area about 150 yards west of Leonard Drive, and then uprooted and snapped a dozen pine trees across a utility right of way. The tornado then continued east-southeastward across Leonard Drive, producing minor sporadic tree damage for the remainder of the path, which crossed Evans Road/SLS Road, just south of South Lamar High School. Sporadic tree damage continued to Conklan Road, where several large limbs and tree tops were twisted but still intact.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMillport-Numerous trees uprooted and a tree on a home along Highway 96 in the city of Millport.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMillport-Several trees were uprooted in the town of Millport.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMillport-Several trees uprooted along Highway 96 near the town of Millport.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindMillport-Trees and powerlines were reported down in Millport.
March 2011Flash FloodMillport-Two feet of water was reported across Highway 96 just west of Millport.
April 2011Heavy RainMillport-Minor flooding was reported in Millport.
November 2005Funnel CloudMillport-A funnel cloud was observed crossing CR 12 northeast of Millport.
September 2004HailMillport-Nickel size hail was reported in the city of Millport.
April 2002HailMillport-Dime size hail was reported in the town of Millport.
June 2019HailMillport-no account filed
March 2015HailMillport-no account filed
March 2012HailMillport-no account filed
May 2010HailMillport-no account filed
March 2008HailMillport-no account filed
January 2008HailMillport-no account filed
July 2006HailMillport-no account filed
March 1998HailMillport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lamar 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
Fernbank3.4 miles12
Kennedy5.4 miles10
Melborne6.5 miles12
Kingville7.5 miles13
Hightogy9.1 miles13
Star9.3 miles13
Crossville13.1 miles13
Vernon13.4 miles12

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 MillportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67440The 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 122845. 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.

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.