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Armenia, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. The Survey maps it on the Armenia quadrangle.

Armenia within Chester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Armenia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 379 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Smoking3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Armenia: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lowrys QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1981
Lowrys QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Susbybole Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownWeathering Residual

Every working recorded in Chester 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
Clarkson (historical)2.4 miles15
Lowrys3.8 miles15
Calvin (historical)4.5 miles15
Cedar Grove4.5 miles13
Dinber4.9 miles15
Rolling Hills Estates5.0 miles13
Airlee5.1 miles13
Wilksburg5.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220234. 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.