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Campbells Crossroads, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle.

Campbells Crossroads within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

186 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Campbells Crossroads between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,668 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 100 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
Arson/incendiarism100
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresNational Forests in AlabamaRABID DONKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Campbells Crossroads: 46 past producers, 14 prospects, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Graphite, Copper. 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
Carbon MountainGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1917
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Monitor, King and Barrett MinesGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1918
Pyriton AreaCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, GoldPast Producer1850
Pyriton MinesSulfur, CopperPast Producer
Pyriton MinesIron, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer1862
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
L & M Mining Association MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Campbell Springs0.5 miles12
Erin1.8 miles15
Pyriton2.3 miles12
Bowden Grove2.8 miles12
Highland2.9 miles12
Clairmont Springs3.2 miles15
Concord3.8 miles12
Gunthertown4.0 miles15

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 Q122597272The 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 159309. 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.