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Wright Crossroads, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beauregard-Marvyn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36830. It stands on Moores Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Wright 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Wright Crossroads between 1994 and 2018, burning about 850 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2000Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
3 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2540 LEE RD 47, AL
24 August 2011Natural147 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 17, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wright Crossroads: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Auburn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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
Sand Hill1.7 miles13
Twin Creeks1.8 miles13
Oak Hollow2.1 miles13
Whipporwill Estates2.4 miles13
Windway2.4 miles13
Country Hills2.9 miles13
Tanglewood3.0 miles13
Mitchell Crossroads3.0 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122555581The 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 157282. 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.