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Adams Crossroads, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It lies near Frost Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Adams Crossroads within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Adams Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,042 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 209 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/incendiarism209
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Adams Crossroads: 34 past producers, 12 unknowns, 10 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Kaolin, Cobalt, Iron, Manganese. 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
Arrington PitIron, ManganeseProspect1949
Daughdrill Prospect-Rock Run A.ManganeseProspect1949
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Price Rowland DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1938
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Gorman ProspectsCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1930
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Northeastern AlababaCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918
W.C. Pope ProspectCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918
West Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Sandy Springs0.7 miles18
Forney1.5 miles18
Bauxite2.6 miles18
Key3.0 miles18
McCord Crossroads3.1 miles18
Hanson3.4 miles18
Rock Run3.5 miles18
Exie3.8 miles18

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 Q19871568The 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 155978. 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.