Camp Cox, South Carolina
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Van Wyck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29707. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1905 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:48000
- 1907 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:100000
- 1942 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fort Mill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Fort Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Fort Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Camp Cox between 1992 and 2017, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | HAY FIELD |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | 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 Camp Cox: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Pineville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Pinewood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Intrusive |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barberville | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Colonial Village | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Black Horse Run | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Belair | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hancock | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Van Wyck | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Curetons (historical) | 12.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122556628 | 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 1231125. 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.













