BlockCrossroad, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hickory Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72066. It stands on Dunn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Plains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hickory Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Hickory Plains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Crossroad between 1998 and 2019, burning about 658 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 127 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossroad in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Crossroad | $25,000 | A mobile home was knocked off its foundation, shingles were blown off a few houses, and numerous trees were blown down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uzzett (historical) | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Plains | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Thurman | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mooresville (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hayley | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Barrettsville | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Edwards | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Childers | 8.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76712. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.