BlockHigh Hill Crossroads, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lake View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29563. The Survey maps it on the Lake View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Pages Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fair Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of High Hill Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,341 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemper | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| May Hilltop | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hayestown | 1.9 miles | 6 | |
| Lake View | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Squires | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gaddys Mill | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Oliver Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pittman Corner | 4.2 miles | 6 |
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 Q122567103 | 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 1227917. 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.