BlockDanleys Crossroads, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. The Survey maps it on the Danleys Crossroads quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Danleys Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Danleys Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 84, AL |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-6 |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190911-11 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Danleys Crossroads: 21 unknowns, 12 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Saddle Hill | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Level | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elba | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Basin | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lee | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Brooklyn | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Zoar | 8.4 miles | 8 |
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 Danleys Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5219986 | 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 149949. 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.