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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.

Smith Crossroads within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Smith Crossroads, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Smith Crossroads, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

105 since 1992

Regional 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 burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/SOWELL LOOP-0559
18 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceESKER MARTIN RD (30)
13 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190912-7
12 September 2005Debris and open burning23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Natural107 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHIRD TIME FIRE ( 30 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

15 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2015FloodSmith Crossroads$50,000W A Clark Road was closed due to flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSmith Crossroads$3,000Power lines were blown down on Roping Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSmith Crossroads$1,000A tree was blown down near Highway 179A near the state line.
September 2024Flash FloodSmith Crossroads-Smith Chapel Road was closed due to flooding.
September 2024Flash FloodSmith Crossroads-Grover Lewis Road was flooded and closed.
January 2017FloodSmith Crossroads-Helms road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2017FloodSmith Crossroads-Love Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2017FloodSmith Crossroads-Esker Martin Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2017FloodSmith Crossroads-Roping Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2017FloodSmith 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 2017FloodSmith Crossroads-Grover Lewis Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
July 2013Flash FloodSmith Crossroads-Wa Clark Road was closed at the bridge due to flash flooding.
July 2013Flash FloodSmith Crossroads-Flash flooding closed Grover Lewis Road.
July 2013Flash FloodSmith Crossroads-Paulk Road was closed due to flash flooding.
August 2012Flash FloodSmith 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.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Miller Crossroads2.8 miles14
Pittman3.8 miles15
Bethlehem4.4 miles14
Ards Crossroads4.5 miles14
New Hope6.2 miles16
Izagora6.3 miles15
Esto6.7 miles14
Holland Crossroads6.7 miles14

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.