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Colemans Crossroads, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Saluda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29138. It stands on Watermelon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saluda North quadrangle.

Colemans Crossroads within Saluda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Colemans Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 366 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saluda County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Colemans Crossroads: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cromley MineMicaPast ProducerPegmatite (?)
Yarborough MineGoldPast Producer1908
Yarborough MineGoldPast Producer
Padgette Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MinesClayPast Producer
Topelo MinesClayProducer
Tupelo MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Saluda 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
Chapmans Crossroads1.6 miles12
Ellis (historical)1.9 miles12
Higgins2.1 miles12
Hickory Grove2.4 miles12
Bleases Crossroads3.8 miles12
Denny4.2 miles12
Big Creek4.8 miles12
Saluda7.2 miles12

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 Q122592885The 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 1247339. 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.