Robinson 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.

Robinson Crossroads within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Crossroads between 1994 and 2018, burning about 791 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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	36
Arson/incendiarism	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	2
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 2017	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20170905-1
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
6 July 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 July 1996	Natural	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Crossroads: 26 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. 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.

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

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Moodys Crossroads	1.0 miles	7
Ivy Creek	2.0 miles	7
Cherokee Village	2.1 miles	7
Centenary	3.0 miles	7
Rutledge	3.5 miles	7
Vernledge	5.0 miles	7
Center Ridge	5.9 miles	7
Luverne	6.1 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156974. 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.