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Bells Crossroads, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Simpsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29681. It stands on Graze Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pelham quadrangle.

Bells Crossroads within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Bells Crossroads between 1992 and 2016, burning about 263 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bells Crossroads: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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
Coke Cooper ProspectMicaProspect
Gillard CreekIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Five Forks1.8 miles14
Woodland Village2.0 miles14
Ponderosa2.3 miles14
Molly Tree Plantation2.4 miles12
Bellingham2.5 miles14
Camelot2.8 miles12
Wedgefield2.9 miles12
Gaylords Crossroads3.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220487. 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.