BlockBrowns Crossroad, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Echo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. It stands on Middle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ewell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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
- 1948 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ewell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ewell quadrangle1:25000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Browns Crossroad between 1995 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190907-3 |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 231 S, AL |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180920-3 |
| 30 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD. 655, AL |
| 19 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 231, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Browns Crossroad: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garner Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Newton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149938. 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.