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Fairview Crossroads, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pelion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29070. The Survey maps it on the Pelion West quadrangle.

Fairview Crossroads within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Fairview Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,141 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 18 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 burning91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Natural19
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairview Crossroads: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Aiken MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Rayflin3.1 miles12
Steedman4.2 miles12
Althea (historical)6.4 miles12
Pelion6.4 miles13
Thor6.6 miles12
Samaria7.5 miles12
Hall (historical)7.9 miles12
Testo8.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235859. 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.