BlockRed Store Crossroads, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39870. The Survey maps it on the Red Store Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1956 USGS Newton quadrangle1:62500
- 1974 USGS Red Store Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Red Store Crossroads between 1992 and 2017, burning about 599 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOUGHERTY-004 |
| 13 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-BAKER-015 |
| 26 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BAKER-032 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Store Crossroads in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Flood | Red Store Crossroads | $28,000 | The Flint River at Newton crested in the moderate flood stage category at its 5th highest crest on record on January 3rd. Water up to 2 feet deep surrounded the courthouse in Newton and the adjacent old downtown area. Flooding of several roads also occurred in the area. Damage in Baker county was estimated at $28,696. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Store Crossroads | $2,000 | Several power outages occurred as gusty winds moved through the area in associations with thunderstorms. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Red Store Crossroads | - | A trained spotter reported a tornado with trees snapped in the area. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Store Crossroads | - | Trees were blown down on Colquitt Ford Road. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Red Store Crossroads | - | Minor river flooding along the Flint River extended down to the Newton area during the last few days of December. The bulk of the flooding occurred in early January as the river crested at its 3rd highest crest on record in the moderate flood category. Several roads were flooded and closed. This flooding continued into January. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Elmodel | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hawkinstown | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dewsville (historical) | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Milford | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Patmos | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Iveys Mill | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hoggard Mill | 16.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122563546 | 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 326484. 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.