BlockHamilton Crossroads, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brundidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36010. The Survey maps it on the Brundidge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:25000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-18 |
| 23 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2012 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120603-001 |
| 14 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Crossroads: 15 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennille | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tarentum | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Green Ridge | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Brundidge | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Broad View | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Windmill Hills | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Richland | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119639. 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.