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Bellemont, Arizona

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86015. It stands on Volunteer Wash. The Survey maps it on the Bellemont quadrangle. 1,167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,132 feet above sea level.

Bellemont within Coconino County

On record in Bellemont

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Bellemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,845 acres in total. 141 started naturally. 3 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
Natural141
Recreation and ceremony48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Smoking6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National ForestBRANNIGAN
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestMAXWELL
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestMIAMI
4 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSURPRISE
4 September 1996Natural2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestLATE
29 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestNOSE
26 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestPONTOON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Bellemont: 11 past producers, 9 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Perlite. 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
Pit 1042PerlitePast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellemont in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 19 injuries. 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
October 2010Tornado (EF2)Bellemont7 hurt, $1,000,000Considerable structural damage in and around the community of Bellemont; significant forest damage and treefall in forest north and south of Bellemont. This tornado was from the same storm that produced Tornado #2. Aerial and ground surveys verified a semi-continuous tornado path from 8 miles south of Bellemont, extending northward for 26 miles, crossing Interstate 40 and Highway 180 (three times- near mileposts 230, 234, and 240). Tornado passed 2/3 mile east of the NWS Bellemont Weather Forecast office. Damage from this tornado included:|-7 minor injuries.|-Over 100 homes damaged in Bellemont, 21 homes sustaining significant damage (deemed uninhabitable).|-At least one business (RV Sales) with damage with 30+ RV units demolished and tossed onto Interstate 40. Interstate closed for several hours.|-At least one overturned truck on the Interstate.|-Numerous forest roads blocked, campers stranded by fallen trees. |-Around 75 power poles knocked down.
July 2017LightningBellemont7 hurtLightning struck and injured seven military personnel while they were working on a grounded helicopter on Camp Navajo Army Depot. All seven were treated and released.
October 2024HailBellemont5 hurtBB to pea sized hail covered the ground and Interstate 40 an inch or two deep. At least |seven vehicles slid off the road. Several vehicles crashed into each other.
July 2023LightningBellemont$600,000Lightning from a Monsoon thunderstorm destroyed a house in Baderville, north of Flagstaff Monday. Summit Fire and Medical crews arrived at the home just after 12:30 p.m. on a report of the roof of the home on fire. As crews got closer to the scene, firefighters could see smoke from Highway 180 and the fire was moved to a first alarm. Initial crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the attic of the home. More crews arrived to work the fire, including two water tenders. In all a total of 11 units and two battalion chiefs responded to the fire. There were no injuries to civilians or fire personnel and the home is a total loss (KAFF Country News).
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBellemont$10,000Siding was blown off houses and into cars. At least two trees were blown down.
April 2023FloodBellemont-The Rio de Flag overflowed along Dupont Avenue, Ellery Avenue, and Riles Street due to melting snow.
July 2021Heavy RainBellemont-A thunderstorm produced between 2.55 and 2.71 inches of rain near Hart Prairie.
July 2021HailBellemont-One inch diameter hail fell along Snowbowl Road.
July 2021Heavy RainBellemont-A thunderstorm produce 2.55 inches of rain near Hart Prairie.
August 2020HailBellemont-Facebook and Twitter pictures show nickel to quarter (0.88 to 1.00) inch hail along Hart Prairie Road and Highway 180.
July 2013Heavy RainBellemont-Heavy rain (2.25 inches) from a thunderstorm fell in Fort Valley. Hail 1/4 inch in diameter also fell during the thunderstorm.
August 2010Flash FloodBellemont-Water flowed over Snowbowl Road near the ski lodge. No significant damage was reported.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBellemont-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 60 MPH at the NWS office in Bellemont.
October 2006Tornado (F1)Bellemont-A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado that tracked about 9 miles along the Western Mogollon Rim. A NWS storm servey revield extensive tree damage along the 9 mile path. Ten to twenty percent of the ponderosa pine trees along the path were damaged. Very large trees were snapped off at ground level and deposited some distance with no drag marks. This tornado was generally F0. A small section of the damage path exhibited upper-end F1 to lower-end F2 damage. The end of the damage path ended about two miles south-southwest of WFO Flagstaff.
August 2004HailBellemont-3/4 inch diameter hail was reported on the south side of Camp Navajo Army Depot in Bellemont.
September 2003Tornado (F0)Bellemont-A tornado was observed about 2 miles north of the National Weather Service office in Bellemont. The tornado moved northeast though an unpopulated ponderosa pine forest. The tornado crossed several Forest Service roads and Highway 180 and knocked trees across these roads. It is estimated that over a hundred trees were uprooted or snapped off. Some of the tress were over 2 feet in diameter. The tree damage was intermittent along the whole 4 1/2 mile path. Less than 10% of the tornado path had damage.
July 2001HailBellemont-An off duty NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail on I-40 seven miles west of Flagstaff (three miles east of Bellemont).
July 2000WildfireBellemont-Lightning started a forest fire about 3 miles north of Bellemont (10 miles northwest of Flagstaff) on July 24. The Pipe Fire burned 600 acers of dense ponderosa pine. Air tankers, helicopters, and about 300 people contained the fire by the evening of July 27.
August 1998HailBellemont-One inch diameter hail was observed at the NWS office at Bellemont.

Every storm recorded in Coconino 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
Maine5.7 miles29
Riordan6.0 miles30
Parks6.3 miles29
Fort Tuthill9.9 miles30
Flagstaff10.0 miles30
Chalender10.2 miles22
Cogdill Center10.7 miles30
Sherwood Forest Estates11.2 miles22

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 BellemontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4883794The 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 26201. 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.