BlockBass Crossroads, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hogansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30230. The Survey maps it on the Hogansville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hogansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Bass Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 705 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TROUP-003 |
| 29 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TROUP-010 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TROUP-003 |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TROUP-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bass Crossroads: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Iron, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Chromite Deposit | Chromium, Iron, Nickel | Prospect | 1870 |
Storms near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bass Crossroads in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $20,000 | The Troup County 911 Center reported several trees down in the Hogansville area. One tree was down on a house. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $10,000 | Em reports numerous trees down along i85 between lagrange and hogansville. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Em reports tree down at lone oak rd near bass cross rd. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Tree reported down on the 1000 block of bass cross rd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | A tree was downed at the intersection of Mountville Hogansville Road at Sims Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Em reported tree down at W Hopson Rd and Hogansville Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reported a tree down at Greenville Rd and Lone Oak Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | A tree fell across the roadway in the 1100 block of simms rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Tree reported down near the intersection of Tin Bridges W Hopson Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Crossroads | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down at Perkins Rd and Sims Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogansville | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brays Lakeview | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Asta Village | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Trimble | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview Meadows | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Louise | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hammett Acres | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Whitfield | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 310847. 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.