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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.

McCord Crossroads within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

290 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism183
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism31 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Asbury Prospect 1Aluminum, KaolinProspect
Estes ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Site Rr 1 ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Site Rr 2 ProspectAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Cave Spring-AIronPast ProducerResidual
Emmett Sharpe Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Rock Run-AIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Forney2.1 miles18
Whorton2.7 miles19
Hanson3.0 miles18
Adams Crossroads3.1 miles18
Sandy Springs3.6 miles18
Oceola3.7 miles17
Key4.1 miles18
Bauxite4.8 miles18

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.