BlockMartins Crossroads, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Greeleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29056. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Workman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Workman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
350 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Martins Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,985 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 97 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/undetermined | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Martins Crossroads: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| McKenzie Pit # 2 | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| McKenzie Pit # 2 | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workman | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mouzon | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Belsers Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kingstree | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Woodland Acres | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Greeleyville | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Brockington | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron Crossroads | 8.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246549. 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.