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Algary, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29638. The Survey maps it on the Shoals Junction quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Algary within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Algary (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined107
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism18 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Algary (historical): 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Iron, Silver. 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
Maddens-KernalsVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Raysors KilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Saluda MineCopper, Iron, SilverProspect
Saluda MineCopperPast ProducerStratiform
UnknownCopperPast ProducerStratabound Discordant
Ware Shoals DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Ware Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Bros. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Brothers Sand Co., IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Shoals Junction1.4 miles13
Black2.1 miles13
Ware Shoals2.8 miles13
Jones (historical)3.0 miles13
Tinsley3.5 miles13
Simmons4.0 miles13
Hodges5.7 miles14
Cokesbury6.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234039. 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.