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Cana, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29819. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Abbeville East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cana within Abbeville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Cana (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism15
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
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
9 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsEBENEEZER
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Abbeville County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cana (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Jones MineGoldUnknown1908
Jones MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Abbeville 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
Millers Grove (historical)1.8 miles15
Long Cane (historical)3.1 miles15
Smithville (historical)3.7 miles15
Smithville4.1 miles15
Cedar Springs4.3 miles15
Millers Mill5.5 miles15
Bethel5.9 miles13
Abbeville6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229038. 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.