BlockHunters Crossroad, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. The Survey maps it on the Durand quadrangle.
On record in Hunters Crossroad
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Mark Halllisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away
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 Durand quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Hunters Crossroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-004 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hunters Crossroad: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rock Prospect | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Harris City Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunters Crossroad in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Hunters Crossroad | - | The tornado first touched down along Ogletree Road where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued east along and just north of Ogletree Road where trees were both snapped and uprooted both along the road and in the forested area to the north of the road. The tornado increased in intensity to EF1 as it crossed Old Durand Rd snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees. A large home suffered minor roof damage as the tornado crossed Bobwhite Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted near the intersection of Ogletree Road and Bobwhite road. The tornado continued east crossing Hwy 18 at the intersection of Ogletree. Several homes were severely damaged from fallen trees including a mobile home that was nearly destroyed by a tree. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hwy 27 and Harmony Church road causing mostly EF0 tree damage as it passed. The tornado passed Temple Dukes road snapping and uprooting trees causing minor home damage before reaching Dukes Waddell and Moreland Gill road where a large cover attached to a home was destroyed causing damage to the home. An outbuilding nearby also sustained roof damage in addition to snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado lifted as it crossed Hwy 85 where a couple trees were uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Crossing | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Harris City | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Durand | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Barnes Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| White Sulphur Springs | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Odessadale | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stovall | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Snelsons Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 22 |
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 Q122558024 | 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 326334. 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.