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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.

Mayson Crossroads within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

102 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2

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
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Debris and open burning14 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Debris and open burning28 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLATE
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boles Mtn Andalusite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Boles OccurrenceCorundum, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite, AluminumUnknownDiaspore, Pyrophyllite, Corundum, Kyanite, Andalusite
Mccormick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Satterfield Construction Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Edgefield 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
Sullivan Crossroads1.1 miles15
Lime Stone (historical)4.1 miles15
Limestone5.2 miles15
Pleasant Lane7.1 miles11
Cleora7.6 miles16
Brunson Crossroads8.1 miles16
Tompkins Cross Roads10.1 miles11
Meeting Street10.3 miles11

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 Q122540033The 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.