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Belclear, South Carolina

20 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 29841. It stands on Mims Branch. The Survey maps it on the North Augusta quadrangle.

Belclear within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

477 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Belclear between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,086 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 78 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/undetermined169
Debris and open burning103
Arson/incendiarism78
Misuse of fire by a minor73
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes5
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 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth 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
3 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Smoking1.0 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

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Belclear: 14 unknowns, 12 past producers, 10 producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
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
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Woodridge0.4 miles20
Willow Springs Park0.6 miles20
Heathwood Park0.8 miles20
Ridgecrest1.2 miles20
Horse Creek1.2 miles20
Augusta View Heights1.3 miles20
Crestdale1.3 miles20
Clearwater1.6 miles21

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 Q122552992The 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 1236233. 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.