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Strickland Crossroads, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35183. It stands on Rock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Talladega Springs quadrangle.

Strickland Crossroads within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

107 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Strickland Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,161 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 48 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
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160926-2
25 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning48 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Strickland Crossroads: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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
Eureka White Marble Co. QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Sulphur Springs MountainIronUnknown
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldProspect
Stewart MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Stewart's Au Mine Parson's MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Stewart's MineGoldUnknown
Weoguffka Creek PlacerGoldProspect
Weogufka Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Marble Valley3.7 miles25
Unity4.2 miles24
Gold Branch4.7 miles13
Blue Springs4.9 miles25
Weogufka5.1 miles24
Aucheucaula (historical)7.2 miles17
Stewartville7.6 miles23
Hidden Valley7.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157118. 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.