Cabal, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29742. It stands on George Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lockhart quadrangle.

Cabal within Chester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1907 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cabal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 433 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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	36
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	8
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2

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
6 August 2016	Smoking	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2002	Natural	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 1999	Natural	46 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cabal: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Cudd Sand Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Chester County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lockhart Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sloan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Sloan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Turkey Creek Mine No.2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Chester 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
Calvin (historical)	4.7 miles	15
Wilksburg	5.5 miles	13
Clarkson (historical)	6.7 miles	15
Armenia	8.9 miles	15
Baton Rouge	9.5 miles	12
Lowrys	11.3 miles	15
Sandy River	12.3 miles	12
Leeds	12.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230641. 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.