BlockGaillard Crossroads, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sumter North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29040. The Survey maps it on the Dalzell quadrangle.
On record in Gaillard Crossroads
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Orange Grovelisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ashwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Dalzell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
373 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Gaillard Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,014 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 burning | 190 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gaillard Crossroads: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dalzell | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pecan Acres | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Borden | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Burrows Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Brent | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Swinton | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Catchall | 4.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q122565907 | The 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 1247856. 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.