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Jones Crossroads, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Monetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29006. The Survey maps it on the Monetta quadrangle.

Jones Crossroads within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Jones Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,932 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 37 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism37
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jones Crossroads: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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
Bell Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Aiken County Mine Number 1ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 1ClayPast Producer
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayPast Producer
Bell Kaolin MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified ProspectsClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Oak Grove1.5 miles16
Camp Gravatt2.9 miles16
Foxtown3.8 miles16
Barefoot5.5 miles12
New Holland Crossroads5.6 miles12
New Holland5.7 miles12
Merritts Bridge (historical)6.0 miles16
Monetta6.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246196. 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.