Belmont, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Belmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35470. It stands on Bottom Creek. The Survey maps it on the McDowell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS McDowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 1994 and 2019, burning about 220 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190910-3 |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160804-1 |
| 6 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Belmont: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Sumter County Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sumter County Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belmont | $3,000 | The tin roof was peeled off a church, and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Belmont | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hall Creek | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Brownstown | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Woodford | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dug Hill | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Old Bluffport | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Zion Hill | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coatopa | 8.4 miles | 11 |
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 Belmont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96373380 | 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 113897. 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.







