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Dunlape Crossroads, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lynchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29080. The Survey maps it on the Elliott quadrangle.

Dunlape Crossroads within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

599 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 599 fires within 5 miles of Dunlape Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,960 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 143 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 burning221
Missing data/not specified/undetermined199
Arson/incendiarism143
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burning1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dunlape Crossroads: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lamar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Lamar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rhinehart No. 1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Wells Crossroads1.5 miles15
Atkins2.1 miles14
Elliott3.3 miles15
Lynchburg3.4 miles14
South Lynchburg4.0 miles14
Saint Charles4.4 miles15
Rhodes Crossroads4.6 miles15
English Crossroads5.8 miles15

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 Q122595911The 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 1231248. 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.