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Barnett Crossroads, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McCullough-Huxford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Barnett Crossroads quadrangle.

Barnett Crossroads within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

138 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Barnett Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,350 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 34 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-21
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-12
4 September 1994Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130914-001
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarism115 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Barnett Crossroads: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnett Cross Roads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Campbell Number 2 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Escel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parker Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parker Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Wallace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
Wallace4.6 miles9
Pineview6.0 miles9
Stanley Crossroads6.3 miles9
Sardine7.0 miles9
Hammac8.1 miles9
Foshee8.3 miles9
Huxford8.3 miles10
Little Rock8.6 miles9

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 Q122593528The 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 156028. 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.