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Robinson Crossroad, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 29058. It stands on Dye Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Heath Springs quadrangle.

Robinson Crossroad within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Crossroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 541 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 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

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Crossroad: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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
J T Young EstateManganeseOccurrence1949
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Carolina Mahogany No.1Granite, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1980
Congaree QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Faulkenberry Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Faulkenberry Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kershaw QuarryStoneUnknownIgneous
Kershaw QuarryStoneProducer
Carolina Mahogany No. 2Stone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Carolina Mahogany QuarryGranitePast Producer

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
Coats Crossroad1.0 miles13
Flat Rock3.5 miles19
Westville5.0 miles19
Stoneboro5.1 miles13
Gaston Mill5.9 miles19
Barfield Mill6.6 miles19
Warrington6.7 miles13
Abney Crossroads7.0 miles14

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 Q122553806The 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 1227973. 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.