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Apple Valley, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dutch Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29210. The Survey maps it on the Columbia North quadrangle.

Apple Valley within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Apple Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 370 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined76
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Apple Valley: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 4 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Columbia North QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harbison QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Harbison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Columbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Kingswood0.3 miles21
Saint Andrews0.5 miles21
Brook Pines0.6 miles21
Broad River Estates0.6 miles21
West Chester0.6 miles21
Pine Valley0.9 miles21
Mandel Hall1.0 miles21
Emerald Valley1.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248907. 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.