BlockCross Roads, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Buchanan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. The Survey maps it on the Brownbranch quadrangle. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,288 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PERSIMMON HOLLOW |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ONION |
| 3 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WALKER HILLS |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | REESE |
| 2 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witty | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Merritt | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Old Merritt | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Roy | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rome | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Goodhope | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Mill | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bank | 6.5 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cross Roads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984989 | 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 749532. 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.