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Abingdon, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Quinton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Grove quadrangle.

Abingdon within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Abingdon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 637 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Abingdon: 27 unknowns, 20 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Sulfur. 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
Blacksburg PlantSandProducerSedimentary
Carroll and Ross MineGold, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer
Dewitt Blanton PropertyManganeseProspect
Hull Prospect and PlacerGold, Tellurium, BismuthUnknown1960
Kings Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphosed Pluton
Magnolia MineGold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Mccaw MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Iron, SulfurUnknown1904, 1905
Schlegemich MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknownVein
Wright MineGold, LeadUnknown1900
Cassady MineCopper, Gold, Sulfur, IronUnknown1910

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Smith Ford0.8 miles16
Wilkinsville2.3 miles14
Mercer (historical)2.9 miles15
Etta (historical)4.4 miles16
Lawn (historical)5.4 miles15
Cherokee Falls5.5 miles15
Laurelwood6.2 miles15
Draytonville6.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227860. 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.