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Beersheba, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Filbert quadrangle.

Beersheba within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Beersheba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Beersheba: 9 unknowns, 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Lead, Silver. 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
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, SilverUnknown1952
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, SulfurProspect
Granite QuarryGraniteUnknownIntrusive Granite
McKnight ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Smith MineGold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Quinn MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Scoggins ProspectGold, SulfurProspect
Unnamed Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerGranite Pluton
Unnamed Granite Quarry Fl-039Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Boheler ProspectGoldUnknownQuartz Vein

Every working recorded in York 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
Filbert3.5 miles18
Zadok (historical)3.6 miles18
Sutton Spring (historical)4.2 miles15
Smyrna4.6 miles20
York5.1 miles15
Lincoln Estates5.1 miles14
Piedmont Springs5.1 miles20
Bethany5.5 miles18

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 Q122567380The 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 1233596. 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.