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Jones Crossroads, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36305. It stands on Pinhook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dothan West quadrangle.

Jones Crossroads within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Jones Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 477 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140904-001
28 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use19 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 49, AL
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190701-5
20 June 2000Misuse of fire by a minor22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150619-001
11 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Jones Crossroads: 7 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Couch Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Couch Number 6 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Reese QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Reese QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Thomas QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jones Crossroads in 6 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Jones Crossroads$20,000A tornado touched down along County Line Road at the Houston-Geneva County line, downing several trees onto an unoccupied mobile home. The tornado continued northeast causing damage to doors and metal siding of a warehouse. The roof of an outbuilding was peeled back along Brannon Strand Road. No other structural damage was noted with the tornado. The tornado dissipated before reaching Fortner Street. Max winds were estimated at 80 mph.
February 2018FloodJones Crossroads$5,000Standing water on Carnegie street resulted in the asphalt rising from recent road work and caused a 1 foot deep hole. This was due to a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. Damage cost was estimated.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindJones Crossroads$1,000Minor damage was reported around hole number 2 at the Highland Golf Course.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindJones Crossroads-A tree was blown down in a yard off Brannon Stand and Fortner Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindJones Crossroads-A tree was blown down across Edinburg Drive in the Highlands area.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindJones Crossroads-A tree was blown down in the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Peterman0.8 miles8
Green Acres0.8 miles8
Spann Brothers Estates1.0 miles8
Clark Crossroads1.2 miles8
Trawick Road Estates1.5 miles8
Brannon Stand2.0 miles8
Pine Ridge Estates2.1 miles8
Brannon Stand Heights2.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156537. 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.

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.