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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.

Scant City within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-13
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Thunderstorm WindScant City$15,000A roof was blown off of a building near the intersection of Brashers Chapel Road and Alta Vista Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindScant City$2,000A tree was blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindScant City$1,500A tree was knocked down on a house on Friendship Road. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindScant City$1,000Social media post/photos indicated a large tree was blown down onto power lines in the Scant City area. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2011LightningScant City$1,000Lightning hit a house on Mount Oak Drive.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindScant City$500A tree was knocked down on New Friendship Road in Union Grove.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindScant City$500A tree was knocked down next to the hospital.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindScant City-Power lines were knocked down on Eddy Scant Road.
February 2005HailScant City-Nickel size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Grassy0.9 miles24
Friendship1.7 miles24
Neighbors Mill1.8 miles22
Union Grove3.0 miles22
Warrenton3.4 miles22
Mount Carmel3.4 miles24
Smith Shores4.0 miles22
Diamond4.4 miles24

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18355792The 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.