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Knightens Crossroads, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.

Knightens Crossroads within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

396 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Knightens Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11,294 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 210 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
Arson/incendiarism210
Debris and open burning119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-11
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism165 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionDRY CREEK FIRE
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Knightens Crossroads: 9 unknowns, 8 prospects, 7 past producers, 7 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Gold. 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
Frame MineClayProducer
Gilley Fluorspar DepositCalcium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1900
Industrial Filler Co. MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gilley Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1900
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Griffin ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Collins (historical)0.4 miles16
Allsop1.1 miles16
Roy Webb2.6 miles16
Couch4.4 miles16
Irene (historical)4.5 miles18
Piedmont Springs4.5 miles16
Asberry4.6 miles16
Adelia (historical)4.6 miles18

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 Q122548654The 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 159903. 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.