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Belgreen, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35653. It stands on Ezzell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Isbell quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Belgreen within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Belgreen grew from 129 to 170 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.

YearPeople Change
2010129
2020170+41 (+32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Belgreen between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,147 acres in total. None started naturally. 69 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
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarism17 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-1
6 September 2000Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 149 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 149 workings within 5 miles of Belgreen: 122 unknowns, 21 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Rockwood Crushed Stone PlantLimestone, DimensionPlant
Rockwood MineLimestone, DimensionProducer
AuxfordIronUnknown
BlackburnIronUnknown
Blackburn MineIronPast Producer
Blacklidge TractIronOccurrence
Burrows TractIronOccurrence
Cedar CreekIronUnknown
DouglasIronUnknown
Hargett TractIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belgreen in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
November 1995Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$15,000Trees were blown down in the central and southeast sections of Franklin County. A number of power outages were also reported.
May 1998HailBelgreen$10,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Belgreen.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$2,000Trees were reported down in the Belgreen area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$2,000Power was knocked out at the 911 center in Belgreen, likely due to trees blown down onto power lines.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$1,000A tree was knocked down on Highway 524 in the Belgreen community.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$1,000A tree was knocked down causing a power outage at the intersection of Scout Hollow Road and Wilson Road. Event time estimated by radar when a gust front moved through this area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$1,000A tree was blown down onto CR 61.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindBelgreen$500A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds near highways 524 and 41. The time was estimated by radar.
February 2020FloodBelgreen-EMA reports flooding in Belgreen, mainly between Cotton Gin Road and Highway 24. Other roads closed include Fletcher Road and near Lake Elliott Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBelgreen-Trees were knocked down on Welch Cemetery Road.
March 2018Tornado (EF1)Belgreen-A tornado touched down along Jacinto Road in the Belgreen community at EF-0 strength, with winds around 70 mph. A grove of softwood Cedar trees were snapped as the tornado crossed into a wooded area and moved east. The tornado further intensified as it approached Auburn Rd. There, a mobile home was sideswiped by the tornado. The roof and siding of the mobile home was partially damaged and the window was blown out. A very large pine tree was uprooted and a barn was completely destroyed. It was here that the tornado likely reached maximum strength of 90 to 100 mph. The tornado descended a steep bluff and crossed a narrow section of Cedar Creek Lake, snapping and uprooting numerous soft and hardwood trees. The tornado likely reached its greatest width at around 100 yards. On the opposite side of the lake, a covered boat slip was completely destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped off. The siding and roof of three single family homes was damaged. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hwy 41. It knocked over another grove of cedars and caused EF-0 damage to the siding of a house. The tornado lifted in a heavily forested area along the far eastern edge of Cedar Creek Lake.
April 2017HailBelgreen-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2017HailBelgreen-Quarter sized hail was measured at the Franklin County EOC in Belgreen.
April 2014HailBelgreen-Hail up to quarter sized was reported.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBelgreen-few trees down.
January 1995HailBelgreen-Quarter-size hail was reported near Russellville. Three-quarter inch hail was reported by an amateur radio operator at Belgreen, about 10 miles southeast of Russellville.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Glasgow Corner2.6 miles14
Guinn Cross Roads3.2 miles12
Old Nauvoo3.6 miles12
Dempsey4.5 miles12
Rockwood4.5 miles14
Isbell6.1 miles14
Frankfort6.2 miles19
Gravel Hill6.6 miles14

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 BelgreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1275175The 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 154979. 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.