Smith Crossroads, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It stands on John Branch. The Survey maps it on the Izagora quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1950 USGS Izagora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Izagora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Izagora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Smith Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 849 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 30/SOWELL LOOP-0559 |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ESKER MARTIN RD (30) |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-7 |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 107 acres | Florida Forest Service | THIRD TIME FIRE ( 30 ) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smith Crossroads in 15 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 7 flood, 6 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | $50,000 | W A Clark Road was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Crossroads | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down on Roping Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Crossroads | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Highway 179A near the state line. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Smith Chapel Road was closed due to flooding. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Grover Lewis Road was flooded and closed. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Helms road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Love Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Esker Martin Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Roping Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Paulk Road was closed due to flooding at the bridge of Highway 177. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Grover Lewis Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Wa Clark Road was closed at the bridge due to flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Flash flooding closed Grover Lewis Road. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Paulk Road was closed due to flash flooding. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Smith Crossroads | - | Flash flooding occurred along the Alabama/Florida border. County Road 53 along the Florida/Alabama border was flooded and closed on the Alabama side of the border. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pittman | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bethlehem | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ards Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| New Hope | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Izagora | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Esto | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Holland Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294927. 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.







