Pennington, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lisman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36916. It stands on Perry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pennington quadrangle. 329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 103 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPennington grew from 221 to 329 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 | 221 | |
| 2020 | 329 | +108 (+49%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Pennington between 1994 and 2017, burning about 372 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 196 GREY FOX ROAD, AL |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 859 MARZETTA ROAD, AL |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140806-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennington in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Pennington | $15,000 | Heavy rain caused a section of Highway 156 west of Pennington to be washed out. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Pennington. A few of the trees fell on some buildings causing minor damage to the structures. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Pennington. One of the trees fell on a truck and damaged it. Penny size hail was also reported. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Pennington. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm near Pennington. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down between Pennington and Lisman as thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $8,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm near Pennington. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and powerlines on Pine Grove Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $3,000 | Trees were blown down near Pennington. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Pennington | - | Water covering several roads in the county with several road closures. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Several trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Pennington | - | Heavy rain caused water to cover Highway 156 at mile marker 7. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | The Public reported a wind gust estimated at 60 mph. |
| January 2000 | Flash Flood | Pennington | - | Local law enforcement indicated that water from heavy rains was covering roads in the community. Highway 156 was reported closed for a short time. WSR-88D radar estimated that four to five inches of rain fell across the area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pennington | - | Dime size hail fell from Butler to Pennington. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Pennington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkinsville | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Choctaw City | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Naheola | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Deas | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Robjohn | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Springs | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lavaca | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Edna | 5.6 miles | 8 |
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 Pennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66010 | 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 124588. 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.




