Morris Crossroads, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle.

Morris Crossroads within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Morris Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 589 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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	29
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	140 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1997	Smoking	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2006	Natural	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 June 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morris Crossroads: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gilbert #1 Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Producer	1983
Gilbert #2 Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Producer	1983
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.44	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.45	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown

Every working recorded in Limestone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Elkmont	0.8 miles	20
Locke Crossroads	2.0 miles	20
Walnut Hill	2.3 miles	15
Spencer Store	2.9 miles	15
Hays Mill	3.5 miles	20
Pettusville	3.7 miles	20
Cross Key	4.3 miles	15
Woodfin Mill	4.4 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152382. 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.