BlockWest 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 36701. It stands on Beech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle.
On record in West Selmont
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Town Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentationlisted 2003 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of West Selmont between 1994 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-2 |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 5027 CO.ROAD 77, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of West 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henry Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Alabama River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cosby No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cosby Number 2 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Dallas County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dallas Sand and Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plantersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Selma Plant #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Selma Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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.
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 Q122598139 | 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 128798. 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.