BlockCross Keys, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the Macon East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Macon East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
390 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Cross Keys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 723 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 47 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 | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JONES009 |
| 20 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cross Keys: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak Fuller's Earth | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | Cristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite | |
| Burns Brick Co Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Burns Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cherokee Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Keys in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Keys | $7,000 | The Bibb County 911 Center reported that at least eight trees were down across the county from just north of Macon near Cross Keys to approximately five miles south of Macon. This included a 70 foot pine tree that was down on Park Drive at Wimbliss Road near Cross Keys. Several power lines were also down as a result of the downed trees. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Keys | $6,000 | The Macon-Bibb 911 center reported trees blown down onto power lines on Companion Drive. The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down onto a school bus near the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Masseyville Road. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Keys | - | Multiple trees and powerlines down on Eastview Ave and Shurling Drive. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Cross Keys | - | An amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail on Georgia Highway 49 near the Jones county line and the public reported penny-sized hail in the Cross Keys area of northeast Bibb 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Forest | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Morningside | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sunnydale Acres | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeside Hill | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shirlington | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Duresville | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeside | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mogul | 1.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331480. 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.