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Kellys Crossroads, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. The Survey maps it on the Geneva East quadrangle.

Kellys Crossroads within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Kellys Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2006Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190912-7
12 September 2005Debris and open burning23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120831-001
27 July 2009Natural14 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD. 16, AL
7 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva 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: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellys Crossroads in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKellys Crossroads$2,000Power lines were blown down near County Road 16 and Kelly Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindKellys Crossroads-Trees were down on County Road 16.
March 2019Funnel CloudKellys Crossroads-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Hartford.
March 2025HailKellys Crossroads-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Oak Grove1.7 miles12
Vanlandingham Mill1.8 miles12
Highfalls3.2 miles12
Millville (historical)3.5 miles11
Hartford3.7 miles11
Thurston4.1 miles12
Black4.2 miles11
Dundee5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156549. 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.