BlockRhodes Crossroads, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lynchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29080. It stands on Lawry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elliott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Elliott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
418 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Rhodes Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,890 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 87 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 | 158 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkins | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wells Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dunlape Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Charles | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lynchburg | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| South Lynchburg | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Elliott | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| English Crossroads | 8.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250356. 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.