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Montevallo, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montevallo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35115. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montevallo quadrangle. 7,229 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.

Montevallo within Shelby County

On record in Montevallo

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

On the National Register 6 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Montevallo grew from 6,323 to 7,229 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
20106,323
20207,229+906 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

3 photographs,

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.

Main Street (Commercial Streetscapes), Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Main Street (Commercial Streetscapes), Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Montevallo Male Institute, Highland Street, Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Montevallo Male Institute, Highland Street, Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Main Hall, Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Main Hall, Montevallo, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

102 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Montevallo between 1994 and 2019, burning about 949 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140927-001
27 September 2005Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140919-001
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 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

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Montevallo: 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Martin Marietta Cement PlantStonePlant
White Chert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Montevallo MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
No 1 PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Pit No. 3ClayProducer
Roberta PitClayProducer
She 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montevallo in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$5,000A large oak tree was blown down and landed on a home.
May 2003HailMontevallo$5,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Montevallo.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$5,000Trees were reported down south of Montevallo.
December 1996HailMontevallo$5,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$4,000Several trees were blown down along Highway 119 in and near Montevallo.
May 2001HailMontevallo$3,000Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported at Montevallo. One and one half inch diameter hail was observed in Calera.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$2,000Trees were blown down on the University of Montevallo campus.
July 2005Flash FloodMontevallo$2,000Main Street in Montevallo was closed due to high water.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$1,500Power lines knocked down on White Street.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$1,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Montevallo.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMontevallo$1,000A few trees were knocked down, including one across an intersection.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMontevallo-Trees were downed in the Montevallo area, some involving power lines.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMontevallo-Several trees uprooted in the town of Montevallo.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMontevallo-Numerous trees were uprooted near the intersection of State Highway 155 and County Road 200.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMontevallo-Strong winds damaged a store front along Main Street. In addition, a tree was blown down onto a house on Nabors Drive. The extent of damage to the store front and home are unknown.
April 2006HailMontevallo-Reported near the junction of Highway 119 and CR 22.
March 2012HailMontevallo-no account filed
February 2007HailMontevallo-no account filed
February 2007HailMontevallo-no account filed
April 2006HailMontevallo-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
Almont1.2 miles18
Aldrich1.5 miles18
Wilton1.8 miles18
Valley Junction2.6 miles19
Dry Valley3.0 miles19
Roberta3.1 miles19
Underwood3.4 miles19
Dogwood3.5 miles19

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 MontevalloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79549The 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 158873. 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.