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Antioch Acres, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. The Survey maps it on the Antioch quadrangle.

Antioch Acres within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Antioch Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 625 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking4
Other causes2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Natural8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Antioch Acres: 6 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Massey MineGoldPast Producer
Phiffer ProspectGoldProspect
Stevens MineGoldUnknownVein
Stevens MineGoldPast Producer
Stroud ProspectGoldOccurrence
Stroud ProspectGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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
Antioch1.2 miles13
Union1.9 miles13
Primus2.0 miles13
Pleasant Dale2.2 miles13
Baker Place2.3 miles13
Evergreen Acres2.9 miles13
Dwight Crossroads3.0 miles13
Elgin Woods3.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241587. 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.