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Belmont, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lithonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30058. It stands on Barbashela Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.

Belmont within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 1992 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DEKALB001
12 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-DEKALB-003
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Belmont: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Lawson Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vaughn DepositMicaOccurrence
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks QuarryGranitePast Producer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
Fowler's QuarryGranitePast Producer
North Georgia QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelmont$9,000The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from the Snapfinger area to Stonecrest.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBelmont$1,000Tree down in roadway along 1400 block of golf link drive.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBelmont$250The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported a tree knocked down across I-20 westbound near Panola Road. The interstate was closed for about an hour.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBelmont-Multiple trees on houses between Panola Rd and I-285 north of hwy 12 and south of Redan Rd.
January 2010HailBelmont-The public observed penny-sized hail near Lithonia.

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Stonecrest1.6 miles23
Fairington1.6 miles23
Hidden Hills1.8 miles23
Kings Ridge2.1 miles23
Redan2.4 miles23
Leslie Estates2.8 miles23
Salem West3.0 miles23
Swift Creek3.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325873. 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.