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Tyler Crossroads, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36048. It stands on Carpenter Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clio quadrangle.

Tyler Crossroads within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

61 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Tyler Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-2
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning101 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-5
20 September 2015Debris and open burning9.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150920-001
19 September 1997Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Tyler Crossroads: 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barbour 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
Blue Springs2.9 miles8
Clio4.5 miles8
Baxters4.7 miles7
Teals Crossroads4.8 miles8
Lindsey4.9 miles7
Spio (historical)5.4 miles8
Texasville5.5 miles8
Louisville5.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157181. 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.