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Elmore, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Elmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36025. It stands on Cottonford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmore quadrangle. 1,280 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 217 feet above sea level.

Elmore within Elmore County

On record in Elmore

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Elmore grew from 1,262 to 1,280 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
20101,262
20201,280+18 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

8 of 15 photographs shown,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

E. L. Smoot House, 705 Mansion Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
E. L. Smoot House, 705 Mansion Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bradford House, 401 West Main Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Bradford House, 401 West Main Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Tallassee Mills, 1844 Old Mill Road, Tallassee, Elmore County, AL
Tallassee Mills, 1844 Old Mill Road, Tallassee, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Baptist Church, 205 West Bridge Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Baptist Church, 205 West Bridge Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Methodist Church, State Route 143, Robinson Springs, Elmore County, AL
Methodist Church, State Route 143, Robinson Springs, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
J. Bruce Airey House, 1202 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
J. Bruce Airey House, 1202 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Elmore County

Fires near this place

241 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Elmore between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 51 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking2
Natural2

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
6 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-15
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined132 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Elmore: 15 producers, 1 past producer. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. 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
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerPlacer
Dredge #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flatwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Flatwood Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Motley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmore in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2009LightningNorth Elmore1 hurtA female was struck by lightning on Bouldin Dam Road.
January 1997Tornado (F1)Elmore$45,000no account filed
April 1995Tornado (F1)Elmore$25,000What appeared to be a small tornado damaged a section of Elmore County from Millbrook to Elmore in the western part of the county. The area affected paralleled Highway 14. Aluminum skirting was ripped off about 20 mobile homes at one mobile home park, and numerous trees and power lines were downed in the area.
February 1997Flash FloodElmore$10,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Elmore$5,500Several trees were blown down and a breezeway was damaged near Edgewood Academy between Elmore and Wetumpka.
March 1997HailElmore$3,000no account filed
August 2025Flash FloodNorth Elmore-Water was over the road along Highway 14 between Wetumpka and Elmore.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindElmore-Several trees uprooted in the town of Elmore.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindElmore-Multiple trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Elmore.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
North Elmore1.2 miles17
Overton Heights2.6 miles17
Broadmoor2.8 miles17
Coosada2.9 miles20
Springfield3.5 miles17
Speigner3.5 miles17
Springdale3.7 miles17
Knollwood3.7 miles17

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 ElmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66310The 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 117956. 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.