BlockBrownlee Crossroads, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Antreville-Lowndesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29620. The Survey maps it on the Latimer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Latimer quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Brownlee Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 45 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 | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 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 Brownlee Crossroads: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Brown Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Rocky River Mine | Mica | Unknown | 1921, 1923 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Antreville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Secession | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Monterey (historical) | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fairs Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Level Land | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Warrenton | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cold Spring | 6.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122559755 | 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 1247015. 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.