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Crossroads, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Euharlee-Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart North quadrangle.

Crossroads within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

362 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 362 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,426 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 172 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
Arson/incendiarism172
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Crossroads: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Piedmont Portland Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taylorsville MineClayPast Producer
Brannon ProspectAluminumProspect
Carroll ProspectAluminumProspect
Ligon MineManganeseOccurrence1951
Strickland PropertyManganeseOccurrence1908
Vincent PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1908
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co.Iron, ManganeseProspect1919
Deaton Ore BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Hodge Mining Co.MinesIronPast Producer1897, 1942

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Taylorsville2.9 miles18
Ligon (historical)3.4 miles18
McGinnis (historical)3.6 miles18
Euharlee4.6 miles18
Ford (historical)5.2 miles18
Stilesboro5.4 miles18
Malbone (historical)6.4 miles18
Aylmer (historical)6.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331483. 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.