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Burns Crossroad, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36201. It stands on Castleberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.

Burns Crossroad within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

121 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Burns Crossroad between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism35
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Burns Crossroad: 13 unknowns, 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Eulation Pike DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Giles Myric MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lackey PitClayProducer
Shirey Prospect No 2MicaProspect
Shirey Prospect No. 2MicaProspect
Unnamed MineClayPast Producer
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Tarsus (historical)0.8 miles21
Gauldinville1.0 miles21
Bynum1.1 miles21
Vinnette1.3 miles19
New Haven1.3 miles21
De Soto Manor1.7 miles21
Tarsus2.0 miles19
Eulaton2.3 miles19

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 Q122565872The 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 159277. 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.