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Yarborough 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 29550. The Survey maps it on the Lamar quadrangle.

Yarborough 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

304 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Yarborough Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 44 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 burning134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
6 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth 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 Yarborough 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
Suggs Crossroads0.8 miles14
Philadelphia (historical)2.0 miles10
Dubose Crossroads2.2 miles7
McLaughlin Crossroads2.4 miles14
Jackson Crossroads2.6 miles10
Wilkes Crossroads2.8 miles14
Syracuse3.0 miles10
Oats3.1 miles14

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 Q122549882The 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 1251522. 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.