BlockBrooks Crossroads, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Henagar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35978. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Brooks Crossroads between 1996 and 2019, burning about 622 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-16 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-40 |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-17 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-5 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-6 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mahan Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Mahan (historical) | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Sylvania | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Henagar | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Snake Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Stamp | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| High Point | 3.4 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156117. 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.