The Crossroads, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Davilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76567. The Survey maps it on the San Gabriel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS San Gabriel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of The Crossroads between 2006 and 2020, burning about 530 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE CAMERON FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON BALE ON FIRE |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE N FM 486 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tracy | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cummins Crossing | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| San Gabriel | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Hill | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Corinth | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Salem | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pettibone | 7.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380653. 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.





