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Estes Crossroads, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Centre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Little Ballplay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.

Estes Crossroads within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

320 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Estes Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 10,070 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 183 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/incendiarism183
Debris and open burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-11
8 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6
27 September 2006Arson/incendiarism33 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Estes Crossroads: 9 prospects, 7 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Gold. 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
Gilley Fluorspar DepositCalcium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1900
Industrial Filler Co. MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Johnson ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gilley Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1900
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Griffin ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Sparks ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Gnatville1.8 miles16
Ball Flat2.0 miles18
Pine Grove2.6 miles18
Ricks (historical)4.6 miles18
Old Coloma5.4 miles18
Pope5.8 miles18
Mona (historical)6.0 miles18
Ellisville7.1 miles18

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 Q122595317The 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 159579. 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.