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Fisher Crossroads, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Payne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35967. The Survey maps it on the Fort Payne quadrangle.

Fisher Crossroads within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Fisher Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,971 acres in total. None started naturally. 66 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/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2010Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveSTATEC0115
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveEDNA HILL 1
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresLittle River Canyon National PreserveDUNNROAD
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-11
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveSLANT ROCK CAMPFIRE
19 September 2003Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fisher Crossroads: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, Clay, Clay, Fullers Earth. 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
Ladd MineClay, Fullers EarthPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Browder MineKaolinPast Producer
Dek 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Dek 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
New Ladd MineKaolinPast Producer
Allen ProspectIronOccurrence
Fort Payne Area-BIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Pumpkin Center2.3 miles23
Rawlingsville (historical)2.7 miles23
Alpine3.3 miles22
Lake Howard3.4 miles22
Minvale3.4 miles23
Lakewood3.5 miles22
Wills Valley3.6 miles23
Fort Payne4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156348. 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.