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Camelot, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clemson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29631. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.

Camelot within Pickens County

On record in Camelot

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Camelot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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
30 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2016Other causes1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Camelot: 5 prospects, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Head ProspectMicaProspect
Mattie Falls DepositMicaOccurrence
Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Robinson ProspectsMicaProspect
Ross Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Calhoun PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Pickens ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Pickens ProspectGoldProspect
Sloan PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Berkeley Forest0.5 miles19
Carolina Hills0.7 miles19
Ashley Estates0.8 miles19
Dellwood0.8 miles19
Highland Estates0.9 miles19
Sunny Acres0.9 miles19
Meadow Brook1.1 miles19
Woodland Heights1.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243274. 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.