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Bluff Estates, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29209. It stands on Reeder Point Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.

Bluff Estates within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 758 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
Smoking1
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
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Estates: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington Co. Clay and Shale MinesClayPast Producer
Bluff Road MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1978, 1980
Bluff Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Starlite0.3 miles17
Eastway Park0.4 miles17
Childs1.1 miles17
Sims1.4 miles17
Meadowfield1.7 miles17
Heritage Woods1.8 miles17
Washington Park1.8 miles17
Hampton Trace1.9 miles17

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 Q122572865The 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 1248947. 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.