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Barefoot, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29164. The Survey maps it on the Seivern quadrangle.

Barefoot within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Barefoot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,518 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken 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 Barefoot: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand. 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
Aiken MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Bell Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayPast Producer
Bell Kaolin MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified ProspectsClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
New Holland Crossroads0.2 miles12
New Holland0.9 miles12
Camp Rawls3.4 miles12
Seivern3.7 miles12
Oak Grove4.0 miles16
Chaffee (historical)4.1 miles12
Foxtown4.9 miles16
Jones Crossroads5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236224. 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.