Coalmont, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35080. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:48000
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
163 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Coalmont between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,875 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 64 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/incendiarism | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-3 |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-1 |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coalmont: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Lime Plant | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Helena Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Landmark Quarry & Lime Mill | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Scotrock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Helena, Ne Of | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Siluria, W Of | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coalmont in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalmont | - | Estimated gusts of 60-65 mph in the Old Cahaba neighborhood of Helena resulted in several trees being downed. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Coalmont | - | Several roads closed due to flowing water including Valleydale Road at Veterans Park; Highway 119 at the Broken Bow Subdivision; Highway 31 in the city of Pelham. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalmont | - | National Weather Service meteorologists investigated a public report of storm damage in far western Shelby County and determined it was the result of straight-line winds. The damage was along Highway 13 near Honeysuckle Road and along Highway 93. The damage was with an inflection point along a larger straight-line wind signature. A few trees were uprooted and a few small diameter trees snapped. All downed trees were laying toward the northeast. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalmont | - | Several trees uprooted at Honeysuckle Road and Honeysuckle Circle. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Coalmont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossboro | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Tulse | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Roebuck | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Dunaway Farms | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Fox Haven | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Woodland Hills | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Navajo Pines | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Straven | 2.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116315. 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.











