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Holman Crossroads, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. The Survey maps it on the Hollins quadrangle.

Holman Crossroads within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

162 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Holman Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,084 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 45 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-1
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Holman Crossroads: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Iron, Mica, Clay. 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
Ceylon Graphite MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1916
Gantts Number 4 QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Old and New QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.6 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Hertzfield MineMicaPast Producer
Sylacauga Clay ProspectClayProspect
Sylacauga Shale PitClayPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Ceylon GraphiteGraphitePast Producer1865, 1916

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Stewartville3.2 miles23
Mount Olive3.9 miles23
Parkdale4.3 miles23
Hanover6.9 miles23
Hatchet7.6 miles23
Goodwater7.8 miles23
Weogufka8.8 miles24
Bradford9.5 miles14

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 Q122552847The 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 159793. 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.