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Langfords Crossroads, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Blythewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29016. It stands on Hood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blythewood quadrangle.

Langfords Crossroads within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Langfords Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 860 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined76
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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 2016Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Langfords Crossroads: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Ridgeway MineGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, MolybdenumProducer1969, 1988
Ridgeway MineGoldPlant1969, 1989
Trip Construction Co. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Trip PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kershaw County MineClayPast Producer
Mac Clay MineClayUnknownMetamorphic
Mobley Road Shale PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Unidentified Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Sharp3.3 miles23
Blythewood3.5 miles23
Boney3.9 miles23
Rose Creek4.7 miles23
North Crossing5.1 miles23
North Springs5.2 miles23
Killian5.2 miles23
North Pines5.5 miles23

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 Q122570470The 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 1249516. 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.