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Embry Crossroads, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. It stands on Blue Eye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle.

Embry Crossroads within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

208 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Embry Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,288 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 60 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 burning80
Arson/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural3
Other causes3

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
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Embry Crossroads: 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverside PitClayProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Clear Springs0.5 miles24
Blue Eye1.5 miles24
Binghamtown1.6 miles24
Cape Choccolocco1.9 miles24
Eureka Shores1.9 miles24
Eureka2.1 miles24
Choccolocco Estates2.2 miles24
Yatesville2.3 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122568004The 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 158157. 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.