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Cross Roads, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72734. The Survey maps it on the Gentry quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cross Roads within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,436 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning3

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined994 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHONEY CREEK
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined86 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2002Arson/incendiarism85 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Cross Roads (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Trammell (historical)1.5 miles16
Springtown2.1 miles16
Gentry2.5 miles16
Crown (historical)2.7 miles16
Decatur3.5 miles16
Bozarth (historical)4.1 miles19
Fairmount4.1 miles17
Eagle Corner4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75456. 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.