Repton, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Repton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36475. The Survey maps it on the Repton quadrangle. 235 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRepton fell from 282 to 235 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 | 282 | |
| 2020 | 235 | -47 (-17%) |
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 Repton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
225 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Repton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,652 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 57 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 | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150918-004 |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150917-004 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200804-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Repton: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harden Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ivey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kendrick Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Lenox Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Monroe Concrete Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monroe Concrete Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Repton in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph destroyed a barn and snapped limbs off several trees. A screened porch was blown in. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $10,000 | High winds from a cluster of thunderstorms sporadically blew down trees along U. S. Highway 84 between Repton and Evergreen. Heavy rain also accompanied the thunderstorms, with temporary street flooding along U. S. Highway 84. WSR-88D radar rainfall estimates were between five and seven inches across the area. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $10,000 | Trees were blown down as a line of thunderstorms passed through the community. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $10,000 | Trees were blown down along Highways 84 and 7, just to the east of Repton. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Repton | $10,000 | Baseball size hail fell along U S Highway 84 from the Monroe and Conecuh county line to just east of Repton. Vehicles in this area had damage to windshields and pings in their exterior. Many homes suffered roof damage and windows that were facing west were broken out. The storm that produced this large hail event had earlier produced large hail in parts of Monroe county. |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $5,000 | Trees were blown down near Repton from high winds during a thunderstorm. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $5,000 | High winds blew trees down. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | $2,000 | High winds downed a tree on a road between CR 5 and CR 7. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Repton | - | High winds downed trees and power lines along Ryals Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Repton | - | Media report of quarter sized hail in Repton. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Repton | - | Social media report of hail up to ping pong ball size in Repton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Bermuda | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Range | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Belleville | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Nichburg | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brantley Crossing | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sand Cut | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Loree | 9.6 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 Repton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66946 | 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 125568. 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.



