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Fuller Crossroad, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Gobbler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Micaville quadrangle.

Fuller Crossroad within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Fuller Crossroad between 1994 and 2020, burning about 652 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 burning42
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-12
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Fuller Crossroad: 17 prospects, 11 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Manganese. 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
Ironaton Brown Ore MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1944
Clein Scrap-Mica DepositMicaProspect
Douglas Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Fletcher Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Foster MineMicaPast Producer
Holmes ProspectMicaProspect
J B Motes ProspectsMicaUnknown
J J New Bo. 4 ProspectMicaProspect
J J New No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
J J New No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Liberty1.4 miles12
Christiana1.6 miles14
Center West3.7 miles14
Swagg3.7 miles12
Milner3.9 miles13
Foster Crossroad3.9 miles13
Dingler4.1 miles12
Wildwood4.1 miles13

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 Q122556275The 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 164054. 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.