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Calla, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dutch Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29063. It stands on Moccasin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Richtex quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Calla within Richland 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Calla (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 396 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Calla (historical): 10 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia North QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harbison QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Harbison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Columbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Branham MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Branham MineClayPast Producer
Harbison MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Harbison MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Dutch Village1.2 miles20
Raintree Acres1.4 miles20
Friarsgate2.2 miles20
Montgomery2.3 miles18
Lost Creek2.4 miles20
Bookman2.8 miles18
East Lake3.1 miles20
Ballentine3.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248979. 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.