BlockCrossroads, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Damascus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39841. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,636 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 29 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EARLY-003 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-007 |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EARLY-012 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY012 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY010 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-016 |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossroads in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Crossroads | 2 killed, 5 hurt, $250,000 | A tornado touched down just north of County Road 114 and destroyed several small structures near a goat farm before it crossed Wood Valley Road. The tornado continued on a northerly track over open fields and wooded areas before damaging a brick house. Its roof was peeled off and thrown 75 yards. Three vehicles in the yard were destroyed. The tornado crossed Blakely Road and severely damaged a large double wide trailer. Its two occupants suffered minor injuries when the trailer was blown off its foundation. Before reaching the Early-Calhoun County line, the tornado carried a small double wide trailer 35 feet before impacting the ground and disintegrating. Of the five people inside, two were killed and three injured. The ground assessment was conducted by the WFO Tallahassee MIC and a SKYWARN storm spotter. The aerial assessment was conducted by the Georgia State Patrol. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Damascus | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Damascus | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rowena | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Douglasville | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Douglass Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholasville | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| New Hope | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hentown | 6.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331482. 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.