Linn Crossing, Alabama
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brookside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35073. The Survey maps it on the Brookside quadrangle.
On record in Linn Crossing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Linn Crossing Trestle Bridge, Spanning County Road 71, Linn Crossingfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Brookside quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Brookside quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
294 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Linn Crossing between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5,126 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 136 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/incendiarism | 136 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | PICKLE DRIVE, AL |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Linn Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Waste Pond - Bessie Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite | |
| Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linn Crossing in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn Crossing | - | Gust recorded by a UAH mobile mesonet. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetopa | 0.1 miles | 28 | |
| Vulcan | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Littleton | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Jet | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Sayre | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Alden | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Brents Cross Roads | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| West Sayre | 2.8 miles | 28 |
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 Q122572911 | The 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 152076. 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.












