BlockBelmont, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47448. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 1999 and 2016, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DUNKEY |
| 21 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RODNEY FIRE |
| 17 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FRIENDSHIP |
| 27 March 2003 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GILMORE RIDGE FIRE |
| 24 March 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BACKWELL CAMP FIRE |
| 6 February 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | DECKARD RIDGE |
| 22 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HOLLY LANE |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Belmont | $30,000 | Dispatch reported very significant flooding ongoing south and west of Nashville due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Numerous road closures with portions of State Road 46 under water. Several water rescues were completed. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Belmont | $10,000 | Roadway flooding reported along Indiana Route 46 from Bloomington to Nashville. Creeks and drainage ditches were at capacity and some were overflowing. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Belmont | $1,000 | Dispatch reports water flowing over State Road 46 with cars going around high water due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belmont | $1,000 | An oak tree was downed blocking one lane of a highway due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belmont | $200 | A six-inch diameter tree limb was blown down near the Monroe-Brown County line at State Road 46 due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. A 40 mph wind gust accompanied this activity. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Belmont | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belmont | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Overlook | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Youno (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lanam | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Town Hill | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Annandale Estates | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Nashville | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Elkinsville | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Needmore | 6.9 miles | 21 |
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 Belmont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4884296 | 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 430784. 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.
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.