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ALABAMA · CRENSHAW COUNTY

Brantley

801 people, 290 ft above sea level in Crenshaw County.

290 ftElevation, city center
801People, 2024 estimate
3 sq miLand area
Clear 42°
Clear now Dew point 34° · N 3 mph · high 43°
City of Brantley River Interstate 2 miles
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The Brantley plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Brantley

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 6:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport (KPRN) · 7:00 PM
Clear
42° Clear Feels like 40° · high of 43° near 7 PM
WindN 3 mphno gusts
Humidity73%rising to 89% by morning
Pressure30.20 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 34° · Dry43° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 51.72 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Freeze WarningFreeze Warning issued November 14 at 6:18PM CST until November 15 at 8:00AM CST by NWS Mobile AL
NWS Mobile and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 7:15 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:12 AM4:47 PM ↓
10 h 34 m of daylight, 1 minute less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 29 to 37° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 43° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 70° / 45°
SAT Nov. 14 Sunny Sunny
43° 33°
0% rain — N 5 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
59° 36°
0% rain — NNE 6 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59° 37°
0% rain — ENE 7 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
65° 39°
0% rain — NE 7 B
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
69° 43°
0% rain — ENE 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
72° 45°
0% rain — NE 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
72° 46°
0% rain — NE 6 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Brantley about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Mississippi Valley three days ago, and over the Carolinas a day ago, about 900 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It came down from about 9,600 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Ohio Valley; at 10,000 feet, from the Tennessee Valley. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Brantley stands on

Brantley’s center stands about 290 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 250 ft to 440 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coston Hill, about 460 ft, 9 miles east-southeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Wilcox Group; Nanafalia Formation (clay, sand), from the Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old.

The section below crosses 6 rock units mapped at the surface.

Brantley, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
300 ft400 ft500 ft BRANTLEY290 ftPatsaliga Creekabout 270 ftHigh point of the line530 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Wilcox Group; Tuscahoma Sand

Silt, clay. Age: Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old. About 12 mi of the line.

Wilcox Group; Nanafalia Formation

Clay, sand. Age: Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Alluvial, coastal and low terrace deposits

Sand. Age: Holocene, less than 12,000 years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Claiborne Group; Tallahatta Formation

Claystone. Age: Eocene, 34 to 56 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Claiborne Group; Gosport Sand and Lisbon Formation undifferentiated in part

Sand. Age: Eocene, 34 to 56 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

High terrace deposits

Sand. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 0.6 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Brantley’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Brantley reaches Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of America by way of the Conecuh, the Escambia and the Dead: about 160 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Brantley≈ 160 mi · Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF BRANTLEY ≈ 160 mi to Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of America Conecuh → Escambia → Dead

110 miles of the trip are on the Conecuh.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Brantley; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Brantley on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Troy AL · 23 MI 23 miles northeast Enterprise AL · 30 MI 30 miles southeast Columbus GA · 103 MI 103 miles northeast Mobile AL · 126 MI 126 miles southwest Birmingham AL · 138 MI 138 miles north Tallahassee FL · 142 MI 142 miles southeast
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ALABAMA · CRENSHAW

Brantley

801 people, 290 ft above sea level in Crenshaw County.

290 ftElevation
801People
3 sq miLand
Clear 42°
ClearDew point 34°
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Today in Brantley

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear night 43° 0%
10p clear night 39° 0%
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4a partly cloudy night 36° 0%
7a partly cloudy day 37° 0%
10a mostly sunny 51° 0%
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NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Brantley stands on

Brantley’s center stands about 290 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 250 ft to 440 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coston Hill, about 460 ft, 9 miles east-southeast.

Brantley, northwest to southeast Brantley290 ftPatsaliga Creekabout 270 ftHigh point530 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center290 ft
Within 3 miles250 to 440 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (190 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCoston Hill, 460 ft, 9 mi east-southeast
Rock at the surfaceWilcox Group; Nanafalia Formation
Its agePaleocene, 56 to 66 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 160 mito the GulfConecuh → Escambia → Dead

A raindrop that lands in Brantley reaches Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of America by way of the Conecuh, the Escambia and the Dead: about 160 river miles.

110 miles of the trip are on the Conecuh.