Crosby, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36343. The Survey maps it on the Saffold quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Saffold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Crosby between 1993 and 2020, burning about 335 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | VICTORY RD (32) |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 30 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crosby in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosby | $750 | A tree was blown down at 12901 E County Road 8. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosby | - | Trees were blown down near 10808 East County Road 8. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Harmon | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Alaga | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Grangeburg | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gordon | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Philadelphia | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pansey | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dupree | 10.0 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Crosby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058429 | 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 156230. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




