Austin, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29360. It stands on North Rabon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Austin within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Ware Shoals East quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Austin (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined	52
Debris and open burning	26
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	5
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	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
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens 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 Austin (historical): 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Marble, Dimension. 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
Master's Kiln	Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension	Past Producer	1908
South Rabon Creek	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown	Placer-Modern-Beach
Garlington Kiln	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Metamorphic
Masters Kiln	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Metamorphic

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Simpson (historical)	2.3 miles	13
Hickory Tavern	3.3 miles	8
Ekom	3.4 miles	13
Poplar Springs	3.6 miles	13
Reedy River (historical)	3.6 miles	8
Tumbling Shoals (historical)	3.8 miles	8
Owens (historical)	4.3 miles	13
Brewerton	5.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234737. 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.