BlockRowells Crossroads, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Loachapoka-Roxana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36879. It stands on Little Loblockee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Rowells Crossroads between 1995 and 2019, burning about 334 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 89, AL |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rowells Crossroads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Dimension Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Brooks Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| James | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jamesville | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ridge Grove | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Hill | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Farmville | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| The Bottle | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Roxana | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122593963 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156999. 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.