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Midway Crossroads, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kershaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29067. The Survey maps it on the Kershaw quadrangle.

Midway Crossroads within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Midway Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 542 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Midway Crossroads: 10 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haile MineMica, Silver, Gold, Sulfur, Tin, MolybdenumUnknown1827, 1828, 1992
Haile MineSilver, GoldPlant1827, 1829
Old Sumter Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Taxehaw Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Hilltop MineMicaProducer1981
Kershaw MineMicaUnknownMica
Kershaw MineMicaProducer
Parker Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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
Midway1.8 miles13
Pleasant Plain3.5 miles14
Birdtown3.7 miles12
White Bluff Corssroads4.1 miles13
Taxahaw4.8 miles13
Kershaw6.4 miles14
Fork Hill Crossroads7.0 miles13
Oakhurst8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246645. 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.