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Anvil Rock, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Heath Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29058. The Survey maps it on the Heath Springs quadrangle.

Anvil Rock 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Anvil Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Anvil Rock: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Coral Grey QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Parker Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Congaree QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Excelsior Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous

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
Heath Springs2.6 miles13
Pitmon Crossroad3.5 miles13
Pleasant Hill3.6 miles13
Oakhurst3.7 miles13
Cauthens Crossroads4.3 miles13
Jones Crossroads6.0 miles14
Sherwood Acres6.3 miles14
Rich Hill Crossroads6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231007. 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.