BlockBelleville, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Castleberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36432. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Belleville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,495 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 40 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 | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 302 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150918-004 |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-11 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belleville: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Con 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleville in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Belleville | 1 killed, $500,000 | An F1 tornado touched down along County Road 15, just south of the town of Belleville. The tornado tracked north northeast crossing U. S. Highway 84 before dissipating just north of the highway. Most of the damage was along both sides of U. S. Highway 84. Three homes were destroyed, and fifteen other structures and eight vehicles were damaged. Numerous power lines and trees were blown town along the track of the tornado. The Belleville fire department station was destroyed. Only one cinder block wall was left standing at the station. One person was killed when a chimney in her home collapsed on top of her. She had just got into the brick home and was putting her purse down when the chimney fell on top of her. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $10,000 | High thunderstorm winds blew trees down along Highway 84 near Belleville. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $8,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Belleville. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $1,500 | Trees and power lines were blown down along U. S. Highway 84 near Belleville. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Belleville | - | A 2.5 mile long swath of straight line wind south of Belleville|preceded the brief Belleville tornado. The straight line wind|damage began to the west of CR 15, south of Belleville, and|continued to the northeast toward Highway 84. The straight line|wind damage may have started prior to CR 15, but the survey team|could not access areas further to the southwest. Several trees|were snapped and uprooted along the initial swath of straight line|wind damage. A brief tornado occurred just east of Belleville|along CR 56. Numerous pine trees were snapped along with several|hardwoods snapped and uprooted just south of CR 56. Three homes in|the area sustained minor roof damage with roof loss for several|sheds and storage buildings. Metal roof pieces were noted in|nearby trees and scattered along the path. A small flag pole was|bent to the ground and a nearby power line was down. The tornado|quickly moved northeast across Highway 84 where several more trees|were snapped. The tornado likely lifted somewhere just to the|north of Highway 84, to the east of Belleville. A path of straight|line wind was noted for at least another 1.5 miles to the|northeast of the tornado track where several more trees were|snapped and a couple of trees were uprooted. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Belleville | - | 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 Belleville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q63068274 | 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 113883. 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.