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Crosswinds, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Crosswinds within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Crosswinds between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 64 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
Arson/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2002Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crosswinds: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Wacca-Dee Materials Company MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 9Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Horry 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
College Park0.5 miles9
Pine Valley Estates0.6 miles9
University Forest0.6 miles9
Coastal Heights1.1 miles9
Myrtle Trace1.6 miles11
Burning Ridge1.8 miles9
Wilson Landing2.3 miles9
Jaluco2.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243681. 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.