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Fitzgerald Crossing, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wynne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72396. The Survey maps it on the Wynne quadrangle.

Fitzgerald Crossing within Cross County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Fitzgerald Crossing between 1998 and 2017, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
25 August 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 May 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCRO3161712
9 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 March 2007Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 March 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cross County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fitzgerald Crossing: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. 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
Adkinsson Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Baskins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bay Road Material Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BrawnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kail PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
KilloughSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cross County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fitzgerald Crossing in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFitzgerald Crossing$20,000Trees down at Fitzgerald Crossing south of Wynne.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFitzgerald Crossing$2,000Tree damage reported on County Rd 744, east of Wynne. Associated with the rear flank downdraft of the Colt/Wynne Tornado.

Every storm recorded in Cross 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
Wilkins1.1 miles12
Smith Chapel2.5 miles12
McElroy3.1 miles12
Wynne3.3 miles12
Ellis Chapel5.2 miles12
Budsmith (historical)6.0 miles13
Wittsburg6.1 miles13
L'Anguille6.3 miles12

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 Q122560029The 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 57755. 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.

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.