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Biddle, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ridgeway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29130. It stands on Catawba River. The Survey maps it on the Flint Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Biddle within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Biddle (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 378 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
28 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Biddle (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Quartz. 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
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Liberty Hill DepositQuartzPast Producer1954

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Bucklick1.1 miles16
Taylors Creek1.6 miles16
Dutchman Creek2.9 miles16
Flint Hill5.1 miles16
Mitford5.5 miles12
Gladden Grove (historical)6.9 miles13
Colonel Creek Landing8.3 miles15
Longtown8.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236990. 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.