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Boney, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Blythewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29016. It stands on Ashbury Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blythewood quadrangle.

Boney within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Boney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning53
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boney: 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Jaynes ProspectGoldOccurrence
Pp/2k Or I-77 ProspectGoldOccurrence
Ridgeway MineGoldPlant1969, 1989

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boney in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBoney-SC Dept. of Public Safety reported a tree in the roadway. Time estimated by radar.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBoney-Power lines down on Clamp Rd near Twentyfive Mile Creek. Time estimated.

Every storm 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
Blythewood2.2 miles23
Langfords Crossroads3.9 miles23
Sharp5.0 miles23
Pleasant (historical)5.9 miles17
North Pines6.8 miles23
Green Acres6.8 miles17
Killian7.5 miles23
Rose Creek8.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231070. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.