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.
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
- Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick House, State Route 14 vicinity, Elmorefederal building survey, 17 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresElmore 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,262 | |
| 2020 | 1,280 | +18 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Elmore SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Elmore County
Fires near this place
241 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-15 |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 132 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite | Producer | Placer | |
| Dredge #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elmore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Elmore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elmore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flatwood Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Flatwood Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| James Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Millbrook Scott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Motley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | North Elmore | 1 hurt | A female was struck by lightning on Bouldin Dam Road. |
| January 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Elmore | $45,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Elmore | $25,000 | What 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Elmore | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Elmore | $5,500 | Several trees were blown down and a breezeway was damaged near Edgewood Academy between Elmore and Wetumpka. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Elmore | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | North Elmore | - | Water was over the road along Highway 14 between Wetumpka and Elmore. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Elmore. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore | - | Multiple trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Elmore. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Elmore | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Overton Heights | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Broadmoor | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Coosada | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Springfield | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Speigner | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Springdale | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Knollwood | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Elmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66310 | 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 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.









