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Dixie Crossing, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29168. The Survey maps it on the Wedgefield quadrangle.

Dixie Crossing within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Dixie Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,019 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2008Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Dixie Crossing: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Wateree RiverIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial (Gravel Bar)
H M Mclaurin ProspectIronProspect
Victor Moise ProspectIronProspect
Wedgefield MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Wedgefield Waterree PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Stateburg2.3 miles14
The Ruins2.6 miles14
Foxville2.9 miles14
Claremont3.2 miles14
Wedgefield3.2 miles14
Wedgewood3.8 miles14
Malta3.8 miles14
Marden Ranchettes3.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231229. 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.