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Wilkes Crossroads, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lake Swamp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29069. It stands on Boggy Gully Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Lamar quadrangle.

Wilkes Crossroads within Darlington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

414 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 414 fires within 5 miles of Wilkes Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,910 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 81 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 burning152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined145
Arson/incendiarism81
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Natural3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Smoking4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darlington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilkes Crossroads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Lamar Asphalt PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Darlington 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
Windhams Crossroads0.5 miles14
McLaughlin Crossroads1.6 miles14
Suggs Crossroads2.7 miles14
Yarborough Crossroads2.8 miles14
Lamar2.9 miles14
Whites Crossroads3.3 miles14
Vaughans Crossroads3.4 miles14
Philadelphia (historical)3.8 miles10

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 Q122541775The 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 1228001. 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.