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Cross Roads, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kilgore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75662. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SE quadrangle.

Cross Roads within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,766 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 38 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 burning213
Missing data/not specified/undetermined100
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural19
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 2013Fireworks4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6305
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 225
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 487
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service176 WF (REKINDLE)
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000285
5 September 1998Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk 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
New Hope1.4 miles15
Monroe2.9 miles16
Pirtle3.8 miles15
Craig4.8 miles15
Pitner Junction5.0 miles15
Crims Chapel (historical)5.2 miles15
Jacobs5.6 miles15
Laird Hill6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378181. 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.