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Crossroads, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74728. The Survey maps it on the Idabel quadrangle.

Crossroads within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,581 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 113 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/incendiarism113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural14
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTalihina AgencyT BO JONES
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE496
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10542
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE492
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10538
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10534
4 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.1 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10531

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Crossroads: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Idabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quality Rocks Inc Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Holly Creek1.4 miles12
Hill Chapel2.3 miles11
Steel Junction4.1 miles15
Broken Bow4.2 miles17
Oak Hill4.7 miles15
Idabel6.3 miles12
Lukfata (historical)6.6 miles11
Shults6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101378. 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.