BlockChances Crossroad, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Jones Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35057. The Survey maps it on the Jones Chapel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jones Chapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Jones Chapel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Chances Crossroad between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,890 acres in total. None started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1925 COUNTY ROAD 998, AL |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140929-002 |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-6 |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Chapel | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Nesmith | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Logan | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Central | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Guthery Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dripping Springs | 5.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q122550811 | The 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 159363. 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.