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Bryson, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Laurens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29645. The Survey maps it on the Laurens North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bryson within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Bryson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Natural7.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2002Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens 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 Bryson (historical): 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite. 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
Abercrombie MineVermiculitePast Producer
Ball MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Craig MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Davis-Dewitt MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Exfoliating PlantVermiculitePlant
L-C Broadcasting MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Lois AbercrombieVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason Donnan MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
New W.D. Abercrombie MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Schumacher MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Ora1.6 miles13
Wattsville2.7 miles13
Doubling (historical)3.4 miles8
Barksdale4.2 miles8
Laurens4.2 miles13
Tylersville4.8 miles13
Martin Crossroads4.9 miles8
Goodwins Crossroads5.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234765. 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.