BlockRogers Crossroads, South Carolina
9 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. It stands on Flat Swamp Run. The Survey maps it on the Outland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Outland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Outland quadrangle1:31680
- 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
308 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Rogers Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,539 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 58 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 | 132 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huggins Crossroads | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Midway Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Barnhill | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Center Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Owens | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Miller Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pope Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231744. 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.