Barfield Mill, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mount Pisgah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29067. It stands on Gates Ford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Westville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Camden quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Westville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Barfield Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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 | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barfield Mill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Mahogany Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkley Mill | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Abney Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gaston Mill | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Westville | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lockhart Oil Field | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Jordan Mill | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Clyburn | 5.8 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122567166 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231026. 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.











