BlockCross Plains, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It lies near Hightower Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Slater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Cross Plains between 1992 and 2019, burning about 586 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cross Plains: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Zirconium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L E Stringer Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Tiger | Vermiculite | Unknown | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Tigerville Prospect | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Wild Cat Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lima | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Terry (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Terry Creek | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Marydell (historical) | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Tigerville | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Merrittsville (historical) | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Wildwood Park (historical) | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| Gap Creek | 5.2 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221850. 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.