Moodys Crossroads, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36049. The Survey maps it on the Moodys Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Moodys Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Moodys Crossroads between 1994 and 2018, burning about 672 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 10, AL |
| 12 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170912-1 |
| 25 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 93 BLAZING B TRAIL, AL |
| 5 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Moodys Crossroads: 25 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore Deposits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| Carl F Parrish Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Crossroads | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ivy Creek | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cherokee Village | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Centenary | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rutledge | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Center Ridge | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Vernledge | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Luverne | 7.0 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Moodys Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85786224 | 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 122976. 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.



