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Haynes Crossroad, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36258. It stands on Red Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Delta quadrangle.

Haynes Crossroad within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Haynes Crossroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,693 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 29 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-13
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Natural10 acresNational Forests in Alabama4-WHEELER
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionLEE RD/ CR 246, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Haynes Crossroad: 16 occurrences, 13 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Manganese, Iron, Graphite. 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
Dempsey Pyrite ProspectSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence
Dulin MineManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Dulin MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1917
Stout MineFire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Van Smith Soapstone ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Lineville MineGraphitePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteUnknown
Dempsey MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Dempsey ProspectsIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Union2.2 miles14
Delta2.2 miles14
Needmore2.6 miles14
Elder (historical)2.6 miles14
Mount Moriah3.9 miles14
Watts Crossroads5.0 miles12
Barfield5.4 miles12
Concord6.0 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 Q122541449The 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 159741. 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.