Cross Roads, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Reed Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30516. The Survey maps it on the Lavonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 151 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HART001 |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019FRANKLIN001 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 12 past producers, 10 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Hays Property | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown/Bowers Properties | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Winter Property | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Banister Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Green Rose Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Hartwell Quarry & Mill | Mica | Plant | 1919 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Roads in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Roads | - | County comms reported trees and a few power lines blown down across north central Hart County, including along Ridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olivet | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Shoals | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maretts | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bowersville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shoal Creek | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown Mill | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hartwell | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355384. 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.





