Cross Roads, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13034. It stands on Yawger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cayuga quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cross Roads
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.
William Richardson Houselisted 2005 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1899 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Cayuga quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cayuga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 2003 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Junction Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Cross Roads Station Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Hibiscus Point Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Junction | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Powers Corner | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Oakwood | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Union Springs | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Relius | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Cayuga | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Half Acre | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Farleys | 4.2 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972352. 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.









