BlockRice Crossroads, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasant Hill-Folly Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. The Survey maps it on the Yauhannah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Yauhannah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Rice Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,312 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 35 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 125 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersfield | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Conch Creek | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cribb Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Good Hope | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Yauhannah | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Carters Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Tabor | 4.1 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 Q122552553 | 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 1225853. 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.