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Union Crossroads, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36804. It stands on Nash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Union Crossroads within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Union Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 417 acres in total. 1 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140926-001
26 September 2000Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-21
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2540 LEE RD 47, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Union Crossroads: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIronOccurrence
Auburn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kiln-Gilmore Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ballinger ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Crumpton ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Colonial Acres0.2 miles13
Country Hills1.3 miles13
Bent Creek2.2 miles13
Mitchell Crossroads2.2 miles13
Windway2.2 miles13
Glen Haven2.6 miles13
Twin Creeks2.7 miles13
Indian Hills2.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138324. 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.