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Davis Crossroads, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36069. The Survey maps it on the Davis Crossroads quadrangle.

Davis Crossroads within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Davis Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 221 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSPRAGE JUNCTION ROAD, AL
10 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130530-002
8 April 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSO.MONTGOMERY, AL
21 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionMT ZION RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Red Level2.5 miles10
Robinson Crossroads3.1 miles10
Gibson3.1 miles10
Teasleys Mill3.6 miles10
Meadville5.0 miles10
Sprague5.0 miles11
Carters Hill5.0 miles10
Le Grand5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156253. 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.