BlockCrossville, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35592. It stands on Browns Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hightogy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Hightogy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS West Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Crossville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 510 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-4 |
| 22 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossville in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Lightning | Crossville | $150,000 | Lightning struck a home that caused the structure to burn to the ground. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | $25,000 | About 30 trees were blown down in the Crossville community, east of Vernon. A large limb fell through the roof of a home. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on AL-18, near the Crossville community. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Old Highway 18, east of Vernon. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Crossville | $1,000 | Storm Spotters witnessed a brief tornado touch down just west of Crossville. The tornado occurred immediately to the north of State Highway 18, just east of Hudson Road. The tornado snapped off or uprooted a few trees. No structures were affected. The tornado was 1/10 of a mile long and 25 yards wide at its widest point. Begin/End: 33 44.89/88 02.60 |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 49 and Little Hells Creek Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | - | Several trees uprooted near the town of Crossville. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossville | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 18 and County Road 49. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Crossville | - | Reported near the Crossville Community. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crossville | - | Quarter size hail was observed near Crossville. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Crossville | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Crossville | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157928. 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.