Sprott, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sprott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sprott quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Sprott quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sprott quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1935Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Evans, Walker, 1935. Library of Congress
Evans, Walker, 1935. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
118 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Sprott between 1994 and 2019, burning about 632 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 129 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO ROAD 90, AL |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150914-001 |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-14 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-18 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-19 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-20 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprott in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprott | $5,000 | A few trees were downed in the northern portion of Perry County. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprott | $4,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down across Perry county, mainly affecting locations north of Marion, including the community of Sprott. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Sprott | $2,000 | One inch diameter size hail fell near Sprott. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprott | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down in rural southeast Perry County. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprott | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down along SR 183 near Sprott. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Sprott | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Perry County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down near Iveys Chapel Church Road where a few trees were snapped. The tornado tracked northeast across inaccessible terrain until it crossed Mount Pilgrim Church Road where it uprooted some trees. The tornado continued northeast where it neared County Road 219 and removed a small portion of a farm shed. The tornado continued across agricultural fields then caused timber damage as it neared areas of trees. The tornado caused damage to homes just south of Melton Lane off of Highway 219. The tornado ripped nearly half of the roof off of a home and damaged siding. On the northwest side of the home strong winds pulled out two of the three support columns for the carport and that resulted in the roof partially collapsing. The tornado moved north along Highway 219 where it continued to cause notable timber damage. The tornado then tracked northeast across County Highway 183, where more timber damage occurred. The tornado continued northeast before dissipating near Barnette Road. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sprott | - | Nickel size hail fell in northeastern Perry County near Oakmulgee. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Sprott | - | 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.
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 Sprott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581351 | 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 160662. 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.







