BlockWarren Crossroads, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29470. The Survey maps it on the Osborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Cottageville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cottageville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Warren Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warren Crossroads: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenels Quadrangle | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delemar Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Capwells Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ravenel | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jericho | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Osborn | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Baptist Hill | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Berry Hill | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hollywood | 6.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227994. 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.