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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.

Coalmont within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

163 since 1994

Regional 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/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-3
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-1
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Helena QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Scotrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Helena, Ne OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Siluria, W OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

5 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCoalmont-Estimated gusts of 60-65 mph in the Old Cahaba neighborhood of Helena resulted in several trees being downed.
February 2020Flash FloodCoalmont-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 2018Thunderstorm WindCoalmont-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 2018Thunderstorm WindCoalmont-Several trees uprooted at Honeysuckle Road and Honeysuckle Circle.
July 2022HailCoalmont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Mossboro0.9 miles24
Tulse1.2 miles18
Roebuck1.7 miles27
Dunaway Farms1.7 miles27
Fox Haven2.1 miles27
Woodland Hills2.2 miles19
Navajo Pines2.2 miles27
Straven2.5 miles18

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.