BlockCross Roads, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Normangee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77864. The Survey maps it on the Leona SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leona SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1995 and 2020, burning about 628 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #48 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 376 |
| 1 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MADISON 19:25 |
| 24 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #20 |
| 16 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH-45 NB 153MM |
| 20 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spillers Store | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Leona | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Middleton | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Seat | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Normangee | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Guys Store | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Flynn | 11.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379610. 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.