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Cross Roads, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Simpson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cross Roads within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
27 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE 2
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13014
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE
5 April 2013Debris and open burning9.2 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON FIRE
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism20 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
22 April 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestDAVIS CAMP
22 April 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreShawnee National ForestMULE
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresShawnee National ForestWHIPPOORWILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cross Roads (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Caseyville Sandstone Deposit 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Simpson1.2 miles20
Reynoldsburg3.3 miles19
Pond3.3 miles20
Flatwoods4.1 miles19
Sandburn4.5 miles19
Wartrace4.7 miles20
Tunnel Hill5.1 miles19
Ozark5.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1820811. 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.