BlockBaker Crossroads, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29518. The Survey maps it on the Lake City West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1946 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lake City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
371 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Baker Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,170 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 114 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hogeye Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Clarks Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Terrell Crossroad | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moore Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cades | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brockington | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mouzon | 6.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227863. 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.