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Bath, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29816. It stands on Little Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Bath within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

571 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 571 fires within 5 miles of Bath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,488 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined172
Debris and open burning143
Arson/incendiarism98
Misuse of fire by a minor93
Equipment and vehicle use14
Other causes11
Natural11
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth 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

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Bath: 13 unknowns, 13 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, REE. 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 County DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879, 1955
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Aiken Kaolin DistrictKaolinProducer1852
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
Langley MineKaolinProducer
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Clearwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bath in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBath$24,000SKYWARN spotter and Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Bath, Langley, and Clearwater.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBath$6,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees down across the road at the intersection of Sudlow Lake Road and Lake Road.
June 2020HailBath$100Pea size hail reported at Anthony Dr and Hwy 421 (Augusta Rd). Time estimated.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBath-SCHP reported trees down on Anthony Dr at Mill St in Burnettown, Howlandville Rd at Cemetery Rd in Gloverville, and Dibble Rd at Hitchcock Pkwy near Gloverville. Times estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBath-Trees in roadway on Anthony Dr near Jefferson Davis Hwy (US Hwy 78).
August 1998Thunderstorm WindBath-Sheriff reported several trees down, one on a home on Henderson Street.

Every storm 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
Lynwood0.5 miles19
Ridgecrest0.8 miles20
Johnstown0.9 miles21
Horse Creek1.2 miles20
Burnettown1.3 miles19
Clearwater1.3 miles21
Jacksonville1.4 miles19
Langley1.6 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on BathAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4868880The 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 1231033. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.