BlockCross Keys, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorter-Hardaway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36039. It stands on Sleepy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chesson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Chesson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Cross Keys between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,607 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-001 |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO ROAD 7, AL |
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.
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 Cross Keys | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85754652 | 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 156232. 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.