Bailey Crossroads, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Slocomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. The Survey maps it on the Malvern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Bailey Crossroads between 1998 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140904-001 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 49, AL |
| 2 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 312 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CUMBIE RD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bailey Crossroads: 15 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
6 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bailey Crossroads in 6 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Bailey Crossroads | $500,000 | All county roads and bridges in Geneva county were deemed closed due to flooding. Damage cost was estimated. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey Crossroads | $2,000 | A transmission pole was broken in a field just east of N County Road 9 and Upton Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey Crossroads | - | Trees were down on N County Road 49. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey Crossroads | - | Trees were down and blocking the road on South County Road 49. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Bailey Crossroads | - | A tornado touched down in fields west of Pates Road in Geneva County. The tornado tracked across mostly farmland into Houston County before damaging a barn and dissipating near Cumbie Road. Video on social media showed a very narrow tornado tracking across a peanut field near the Houston-Geneva County Border. Max winds were estimated near 80 mph. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey Crossroads | - | A tree was down at CR49 and CR68. |
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 Q122552257 | 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 156012. 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.






