Breeden, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. It stands on Beverly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville North quadrangle.

Breeden within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Bennettsville North quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Breeden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 775 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 52 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
Debris and open burning	102
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	92
Arson/incendiarism	52
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Smoking	6
Natural	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Breeden: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Field Plant Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Harrel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Marboro Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Burnt Factory (historical)	1.3 miles	8
Lake Terrace	1.6 miles	8
Lakeside	1.6 miles	8
Lester	1.9 miles	8
Country Club Heights	2.0 miles	8
Beauty Spot (historical)	2.4 miles	8
Century Acres	2.7 miles	8
Bennettsville	2.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246974. 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.