Clatworthy Crossroads, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29620. It stands on Richie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Verdery quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Verdery quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Verdery quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Clatworthy Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 521 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TOWER |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Clatworthy Crossroads: 8 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Pyrophyllite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Mine/Smith | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Parsons Mountain Pyrophyllite Prospect | Pyrophyllite, Andalusite | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Parsons Mt. Area-Piedmont Mn Belt | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Calais and Douglas Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Calais and Douglas Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Civil War Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Jones Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Jones Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Link Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lyon Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethiah | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bethel | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Springs | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sharon | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Charleston Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Long Cane (historical) | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cana (historical) | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chesnut Hill (historical) | 7.9 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 Q122555174 | 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 1229562. 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.





