BlockGarretts Crossroads, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Madrid census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36375. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Garretts Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 354 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140808-002 |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140828-002 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190704-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garretts Crossroads in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretts Crossroads | $20,000 | A tree fell on a home. Damage cost was estimated. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretts Crossroads | $3,000 | A tree was blown down across the carport of a residence. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretts Crossroads | $2,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down near 900 Harden Road in Madrid. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretts Crossroads | $1,000 | A couple of trees and power lines were blown down in the southwest part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Southern Junction | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Madrid | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| State Line | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Merritts Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hodgesville | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rehobeth | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122560092 | 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 156395. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.