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Selmont, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Selmont-Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36703. It stands on Beech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle.

Selmont within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

138 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Selmont between 1994 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-2
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission5027 CO.ROAD 77, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Selmont: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Decatur QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henry PitClayProducer
Alabama River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cosby No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cosby Number 2 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Dallas County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dallas Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plantersville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Selma Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Selma QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
West Selmont0.5 miles15
Selma1.1 miles15
Sunset Mill Village2.4 miles15
Brantley4.0 miles12
Casey5.7 miles12
Potter5.8 miles15
Manila5.9 miles12
Lily Grove (historical)6.8 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122555738The 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 126543. 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.