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Stanley Crossroads, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Flomaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Barnett Crossroads quadrangle.

Stanley Crossroads within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

165 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Stanley Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,740 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 burning50
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-24
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionLITTLE ROCK & PEACOCK LANE, AL
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use9.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-31
18 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stanley Crossroads: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Atmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barnett Cross Roads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flomaton Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parker Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
Sardine1.4 miles9
Pineview2.7 miles9
Little Rock2.9 miles9
Foshee6.2 miles9
Hammac6.3 miles9
Barnett Crossroads6.3 miles9
Robinsonville7.3 miles9
Wawbeek7.4 miles8

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 Q122544393The 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 157101. 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.