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Stewart Crossroads, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tradesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. It stands on Silver Run. The Survey maps it on the Tradesville quadrangle.

Stewart Crossroads within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Stewart Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking6
Natural4
Fireworks2
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
29 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceGULLEDGE PARKER ROAD
17 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCORN
14 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster 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 Stewart Crossroads: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Massey MineGoldPast Producer
Nesbitt MineGoldPast Producer1800, 1875
Nesbitt MineGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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
Sapps Crossroads1.8 miles14
Doctor Sapps Crossroads1.9 miles14
Tradesville3.5 miles12
Lingles Crossroads3.5 miles14
Buford4.1 miles13
Dwight Crossroads4.2 miles13
New Cut4.3 miles14
Unity5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251043. 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.