Scant City, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It stands on Brock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arab quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Arab quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Arab quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Arab quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Arab quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Scant City between 1994 and 2017, burning about 659 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-13 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160902-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Scant City: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennmer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Langford Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scant City in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $15,000 | A roof was blown off of a building near the intersection of Brashers Chapel Road and Alta Vista Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $2,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $1,500 | A tree was knocked down on a house on Friendship Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $1,000 | Social media post/photos indicated a large tree was blown down onto power lines in the Scant City area. Time was estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Scant City | $1,000 | Lightning hit a house on Mount Oak Drive. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $500 | A tree was knocked down on New Friendship Road in Union Grove. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | $500 | A tree was knocked down next to the hospital. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scant City | - | Power lines were knocked down on Eddy Scant Road. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Scant City | - | Nickel size hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Friendship | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Neighbors Mill | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Union Grove | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Warrenton | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mount Carmel | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Smith Shores | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Diamond | 4.4 miles | 24 |
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 Scant City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18355792 | 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 153345. 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.













