BlockBurrows Crossroads, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Sipsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35504. The Survey maps it on the Sunlight quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Sunlight quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Sunlight quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Sunlight quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Burrows Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,635 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-4 |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180902-3 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160916-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunlight | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Red Rock | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Powellville | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Curry | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Boldo | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Marylee | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| South Lowell | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hillsdale | 6.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159279. 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.