BlockWhetstone Crossroads, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bamberg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29432. The Survey maps it on the Branchville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1982 USGS Branchville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
394 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Whetstone Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,356 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 76 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/undetermined | 162 |
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Embree | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Millersville (historical) | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hughes | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Clear Pond | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ehrhardt | 12.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bamberg | 14.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122544972 | 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 1230991. 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.