Gallups Crossroads, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vincent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35078. It stands on Moore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Harpersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harpersville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Harpersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Gallups Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,690 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-30 |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140925-002 |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 58 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gallups Crossroads: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F P Cater Iron Ore Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Luther Davis Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Luther Davis Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual | |
| R P Tucker Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| T C Elliott Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| T S Florey Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| T. J. Florey | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual | |
| W W Wyatt Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| W.W.Wyatt | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harpersville | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Abbot Springs | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Arkwright | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Vincent | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Westover | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Creswell | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Klein | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Chancellor Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 21 |
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 Q122541284 | The 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 156391. 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.







