Kellys Crossroads, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. It stands on Gin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richville quadrangle.

Kellys Crossroads within Coosa 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.

1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Richville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Kellys Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 burning	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	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
9 September 1995	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Smoking	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kellys Crossroads: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Jesse Little Mine	Graphite	Past Producer
Dennis Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Hachet Vein Mine	Mica	Past Producer
K.V.Penton Mine	Mica	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Travelers Rest	1.2 miles	14
Richville	1.8 miles	14
Lyle	3.5 miles	14
Schley	3.6 miles	14
Welona	4.9 miles	14
Dollar	5.5 miles	13
Pentonville	5.8 miles	14
Hillwood	6.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156550. 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.