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Lowrimores Crossroads, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36250. It lies near Chalybeate Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle.

Lowrimores Crossroads within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

106 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Lowrimores Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 993 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130908-001
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lowrimores Crossroads: 16 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Janey Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Brook MountainIronUnknown
Cane Creek MinesIronPast Producer1840
Cane Creek MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

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
Clark (historical)0.6 miles18
Chigger Ridge (historical)1.4 miles18
Tallaseehatchee (historical)1.8 miles18
Peaceburg2.4 miles19
Ingram Wells2.4 miles18
Beasley (historical)2.5 miles18
Melrose2.5 miles18
Middleton2.6 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 Q122541068The 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 122091. 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.