BlockWertz Crossroads, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Matthews census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29135. The Survey maps it on the Saint Matthews quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS St. Matthews quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS St. Matthews quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Wertz Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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 | 144 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wertz Crossroads: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford-Hill Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Gifford-Hill Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jamison Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jamison Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Roof Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Matthews | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Singleton | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hammond Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cameron | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Totness | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Creston | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wiles Crossroads | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122562101 | The 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 1231904. 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.