McCalls Crossroads, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29506. The Survey maps it on the Witherspoon Island quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McCalls Crossroads within Florence County

On record in McCalls Crossroads

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Roseville Plantationlisted 1997 · 0.3 miles away
Blooming Grovelisted 2005 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1943 USGS Gum Swamp quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Witherspoon Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of McCalls Crossroads (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,325 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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	63
Debris and open burning	43
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	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
23 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2002	Natural	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence 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 McCalls Crossroads (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Asphalt Plant #8	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Black Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Quinby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Quinly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant

Every working recorded in Florence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Back Swamp	1.1 miles	9
Sandridge	2.1 miles	9
Quinby	3.0 miles	9
Quinby Forest	3.5 miles	9
Carolina Acres	4.2 miles	9
Hickory Grove	4.3 miles	11
Spaulding Heights	4.5 miles	11
Glendale Acres	4.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242046. 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.