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Rabon Crossroads, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29078. The Survey maps it on the Rabon Crossroads quadrangle.

Rabon Crossroads within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Rabon Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 917 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking7
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rabon Crossroads: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Clay. 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
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Kershaw No. 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Julian Moore MineGoldPast Producer1930
Lamar MineGoldUnknownVein
Sarh Emmanual ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Branham Heights1.8 miles19
Spring Lake1.9 miles19
Bee Tree (historical)2.4 miles19
Bellfield (historical)3.2 miles15
Warren Crossroads3.3 miles15
Kellytown3.7 miles18
Cantey4.5 miles19
Knights Hill4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250283. 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.