BlockRoberts Crossroads, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36374. It stands on Roberts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Skipperville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Skipperville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Roberts Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-20 |
| 18 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | DALE COUNTY ROAD 15, AL |
| 26 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberts Crossroads in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts Crossroads | $500 | A tree was blown down along County Road 41. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts Crossroads | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 68 and County Road 33. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts Crossroads | - | Trees were blown down on CR68. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts Crossroads | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 33 south of County Road 68. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dykes Crossroad | 1.7 miles | 7 | |
| Skipperville | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Arguta | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Phillips Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Clopton | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Barefield Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Asbury | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Beamon | 6.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156973. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.