BlockRobinson Crossroads, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36105. The Survey maps it on the Davis Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Davis Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Crossroads between 1994 and 2017, burning about 312 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SPRAGE JUNCTION ROAD, AL |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170828-2 |
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170818-2 |
| 17 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BUTLER MILL RD , AL |
| 1 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Level | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Le Grand | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sprague | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hobbie Farm | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Davis Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Roxana | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ada | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tharin | 4.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156975. 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.