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Bonniview Estates, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.

Bonniview Estates within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Bonniview Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,297 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined112
Debris and open burning85
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Arson/incendiarism27
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Natural29 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bonniview Estates: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Aiken County Pit EastClayPast Producer
Giant Portland MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Giant Portland MineClayPast Producer
Old Harrigal Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Randall Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Richardson Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

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
Millbrook Estates0.3 miles18
Dogwood Manor0.7 miles18
Virginia Acres0.8 miles18
Robinwood Estates0.9 miles18
Elmwood Park0.9 miles18
Forest Heights1.0 miles18
Silver Bluff Estates1.1 miles18
Brookhaven Estates1.1 miles18

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 Q122551775The 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 1231072. 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.