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Cross Roads, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72738. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.

Cross Roads within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 2003 and 2017, burning about 171 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
10 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2003Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2007Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
R E NeilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Buckeye2.2 miles14
Wesley3.4 miles14
Drakes Creek4.6 miles12
Whitener4.6 miles14
Mante (historical)5.2 miles12
Hindsville5.4 miles14
Thorney5.7 miles15
Roxton6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56978. 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.