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Robbins Crossroads, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Robbins Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35062. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookside quadrangle.

Robbins Crossroads within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

231 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Robbins Crossroads between 1994 and 2017, burning about 4,032 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 98 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/incendiarism98
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-22
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBRYAN CHURCH RD-SUMITON, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Robbins Crossroads: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Waste Pond - Flat Top MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Briarcliff Estates0.8 miles24
Mill Creek Estates1.0 miles24
Petes Crossroads1.2 miles21
Crestview Estates1.3 miles24
Bagley Meadows1.3 miles23
West Sayre1.5 miles28
Bagley1.5 miles21
Brents Cross Roads1.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153166. 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.