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Barr Crossing, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29072. It stands on Hogpen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Barr Lake quadrangle.

Barr Crossing within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

503 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 503 fires within 5 miles of Barr Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined264
Debris and open burning97
Misuse of fire by a minor66
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural12
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Barr Crossing: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
Twelve Mile CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Davis Bros.Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Epting Ballanger Roland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Ethon Crossroads1.2 miles12
Lexing-Town Estates1.9 miles12
Creekwood2.0 miles12
Elsie2.2 miles12
Red Bank2.9 miles13
Southgate3.6 miles13
Harrisburg3.7 miles13
Lexington Woods3.7 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122594329The 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 1244969. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.