Burnside East, 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. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1948 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Jackson South quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fort Jackson South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Burnside East between 1992 and 2019, burning about 873 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Burnside East: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Granite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1883 | |
| Congaree River | Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Bluff Road Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1978, 1980 | |
| Bluff Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Woods | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Knollwood | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sims | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Meadowfield | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hampton Ridge | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Childs | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hampton Trace | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gordon Springs | 1.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122558541 | The 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 1248975. 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.









