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Cross Roads, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75976. The Survey maps it on the Durst Lakes quadrangle.

Cross Roads within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,943 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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 burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHN COLLINS
7 September 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE MEDIAN
30 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCURVE FIRE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEWER PLANT
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER SHINE FIRE
22 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJEFF FOREMAN
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWARNER RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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
Durham & PolkBentoniteUnknown

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Forest2.4 miles10
Wild Hurst2.6 miles10
Wells3.1 miles12
Sweet Union4.1 miles12
Brunswick6.2 miles10
Morrill6.8 miles10
Linwood9.5 miles11
Alto10.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889747. 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.