Mayson Crossroads, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. It stands on Sandhill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Limestone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Limestone quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Mayson Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 673 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 12 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LATE |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mayson Crossroads: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Corundum, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite, Aluminum, Kyanite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boles Mtn Andalusite Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Boles Occurrence | Corundum, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite, Aluminum | Unknown | Diaspore, Pyrophyllite, Corundum, Kyanite, Andalusite | |
| Mccormick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Satterfield Construction Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lime Stone (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Limestone | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Lane | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cleora | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brunson Crossroads | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tompkins Cross Roads | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Meeting Street | 10.3 miles | 11 |
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 Q122540033 | 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 1229981. 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.








