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Ayers, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ayers within Marlboro County

On record in Ayers

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Ayers (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,121 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 68 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ayers (historical): 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Naked CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Field Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harrel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marboro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Marlboro Field PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Marlboro MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marlboro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro 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
Dundee Acres0.6 miles8
Grace Heights0.7 miles8
Bennettsville1.0 miles8
Sunnybrook Heights1.5 miles8
Islay (historical)1.6 miles8
Century Acres1.8 miles8
Country Club Heights1.8 miles8
Lake Terrace2.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232655. 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.