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Bellfield, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29130. It stands on Horse Pen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Longtown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bellfield within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Bellfield (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,271 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined84
Debris and open burning69
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bellfield (historical): 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Molybdenum. 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
Ridgeway MineGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, MolybdenumProducer1969, 1988
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Kershaw No. 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Mobley Road Shale PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Belton ProspectGoldOccurrence
Julian Moore MineGoldPast Producer1930
Lamar MineGoldUnknownVein
Lloyd ProspectGoldUnknown
Sarh Emmanual ProspectGoldUnknown
Watson MineGoldUnknownStrataform

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Warren Crossroads3.1 miles15
Rabon Crossroads3.2 miles19
Cedar Springs3.5 miles23
Spring Lake3.7 miles19
Branham Heights4.3 miles19
Kellytown4.6 miles18
Bee Tree (historical)5.7 miles19
Thunderwoods5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235011. 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.