BlockBirdstown Crossroads, South Carolina
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Society Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. The Survey maps it on the Dovesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Dovesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
418 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Birdstown Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 186 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 122 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Birdstown Crossroads: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Winburn | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenplains (historical) | 1.3 miles | 6 | |
| Antioch | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Green Hill | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hunts Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Leavensworth (historical) | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lakewood | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dogwood Acres | 5.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122555190 | 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 1246893. 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.