BlockOliver Crossroads, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lake View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29536. It stands on Canaan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dillon East quadrangle.
On record in Oliver 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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Meekins Barnlisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dillon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
332 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Oliver Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,099 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oliver Crossroads: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Dillon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddys Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gaddys Mill | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pittman Corner | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Hayestown | 2.6 miles | 6 | |
| Riverdale | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| High Hill Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Calvary | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kemper | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122548851 | 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 1249982. 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.