McCord Crossroads, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It stands on Lumpkin Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Indian Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of McCord Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,657 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 183 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 | 183 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of McCord Crossroads: 23 past producers, 5 unknowns, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Kaolin, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 | |
| North Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 | |
| Asbury Prospect 1 | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Estes Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Site Rr 1 Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Site Rr 2 Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Cave Spring-A | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Emmett Sharpe Iron Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Run-A | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forney | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Whorton | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hanson | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Adams Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sandy Springs | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oceola | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Key | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bauxite | 4.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152269. 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.









