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Waldrop Crossroads, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Enoree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29335. The Survey maps it on the Enoree quadrangle.

Waldrop Crossroads within Spartanburg 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Waldrop Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Natural27 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Waldrop Crossroads: 32 past producers, 12 producers, 12 unknowns, 2 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gideon Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Tyger River No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Allen #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Belk MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown Mine EastVermiculitePast Producer
Brown Mine WestVermiculitePast Producer
Brown PitVermiculitePast Producer
C. Casey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Canal MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Enoree2.2 miles12
Hillsville2.2 miles12
Hobbyville2.3 miles12
Evinsville2.4 miles12
Crows (historical)3.1 miles12
Cross Anchor3.8 miles15
Kilgore4.2 miles12
Dutchman6.9 miles15

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 Q122567188The 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 1248657. 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.