BlockStuddards Crossroads, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northeast Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35549. The Survey maps it on the Howard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Howard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Studdards Crossroads between 1994 and 2019, burning about 410 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180925-1 |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-1 |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150920-001 |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-12 |
| 19 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | FROST RD, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Fowlers Crossroads | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pea Ridge | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hubbertville | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bazemore | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cleveland | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Alta | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Salem | 10.2 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Studdards Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q86754630 | 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 127482. 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.