Allendale, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29626. It stands on Lazy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell NE quadrangle.

Allendale within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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.

1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Hartwell NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 487 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning	45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
26 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Big Generostee Creek	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown	Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Big Mountain Creek	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown	Alluvial Placer
North Rabon Creek	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown	Placer-Modern-Fluvial

Every working recorded in Anderson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chambert Forest	2.1 miles	14
Mountain Creek	2.9 miles	14
Vandale Place	3.0 miles	14
Holland Store	3.7 miles	15
Sadler (historical)	4.1 miles	15
Lakefront	4.1 miles	15
Pine Forest	4.1 miles	14
Deans	4.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233999. 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.