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Harper Crossroads, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Trio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Johnsons Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Andrews quadrangle.

Harper Crossroads within Williamsburg 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

419 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Harper Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,728 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 111 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 burning137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined123
Arson/incendiarism111
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2

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
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg 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 Harper Crossroads: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
M & T Chemicals/ Andrews, S.C.ZirconiumPlant
Parsons MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winyah Block Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Williamsburg 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
Andrews1.1 miles9
Antioch1.8 miles9
Warsaw3.0 miles8
Earle3.7 miles8
Cherry Hill3.9 miles9
Cook Corner4.6 miles8
Tisdale5.0 miles8
Oak Ridge5.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231365. 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.