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Catarrh, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29718. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Angelus quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Catarrh within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Catarrh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning35
Natural9
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2010Debris and open burning7.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2019Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Catarrh: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Kirkley MineGoldUnknownVein
Kirkley MineGoldPast Producer
Asphalt Plant No 10Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Griffin Mine No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Lancaster County MinesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 10Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Plant Number 10Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chesterfield 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
Angelus3.3 miles12
Junction (historical)5.3 miles12
Jefferson5.9 miles12
McBee8.9 miles14
White Plains10.1 miles12
Big Springs10.4 miles14
Ingrams11.0 miles15
Evans Mill11.2 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on CatarrhAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22073088The 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 1221393. 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.