BlockCrossroads, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cooper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75415. The Survey maps it on the Cooper North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cooper North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 2005 and 2018, burning about 283 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 24 N FIRE |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1530 |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | UNIT 18 FIRE |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4215 |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2949 |
| 15 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 198 W |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016115 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 128 GRASS FIRES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enloe | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Price | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ben Franklin | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rattan | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Joy | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cooper | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Joy Crossing | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Creek | 6.2 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q129078208 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379613. 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.