BlockBeans Crossroads, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Saco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Beans Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,017 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130903-001 |
| 6 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120701-001 |
| 9 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postoak | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Almeria | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hooks Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Omega | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Hillard | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jenkins Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| High Ridge | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Inverness | 5.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122593811 | 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 156038. 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.