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Crossroads, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 72855. It lies near High Point. The Survey maps it on the Chickalah Mountain West quadrangle.

Crossroads within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 402 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCEDAR CREEK
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREDS FIRE
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHOBEY
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarism18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDOOLEY
22 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSPRING LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crossroads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell 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
Gum Tree2.2 miles18
Hickory Grove2.6 miles18
Stafford4.2 miles18
Havana6.0 miles18
Marvinville6.0 miles18
Belleville7.4 miles17
Millan (historical)7.8 miles17
Waveland8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71294. 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.