BlockWeed Crossroad, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brantley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36009. The Survey maps it on the Bullock quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Bullock quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Weed Crossroad between 1994 and 2019, burning about 569 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | LOWER BOZEMAN RD, AL |
| 3 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160603-1 |
| 28 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140620-001 |
| 23 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 61 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Weed Crossroad: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers and Burkette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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.
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 Weed Crossroad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196658 | 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 157226. 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.