Champion Crossroad, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pine Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31822. The Survey maps it on the Pine Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pine Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Champion Crossroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 714 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARRIS003 |
| 21 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HARRIS-004 |
| 19 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HARRIS-007 |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HARRIS-003 |
| 25 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HARRIS-005 |
| 2 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MERIWETHER-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Champion Crossroad in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion Crossroad | - | Report of a tree down at Hwy 354 and Hwy 27. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainbrook | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Mountain | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tip Top | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Smiths Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Mountain Valley | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hopewell | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wisdoms Store (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Beech Springs | 5.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122597042 | The 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 355108. 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.





