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Harkins Crossroads, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36251. The Survey maps it on the Gibsonville quadrangle.

Harkins Crossroads within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

200 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Harkins Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,368 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-7
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-24
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionMINES ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Harkins Crossroads: 18 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Gold, Mica, Vanadium. 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
Ashland Cyanite ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Bowden Grove Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Clay County Hwy Dept. Ashland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Enitachopco MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerSurface
Hatchet Creek Prospect MillervilleSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1963
Alabama No. 1 MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1912
National MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1916
Pocahontas MineGraphite, MicaPast Producer1921
California LodeGoldPast ProducerVein
California Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Rays Crossroads2.0 miles15
High Pine2.6 miles15
Ashland3.4 miles12
Millerville4.1 miles14
Carr Mill4.4 miles14
Bluff Springs5.1 miles11
Gibsonville5.2 miles11
Midway6.0 miles12

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 Q122560291The 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 119735. 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.