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Cedar Springs, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29045. It stands on Donnington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle.

Cedar Springs within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

342 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,461 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined157
Debris and open burning114
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking11
Natural5

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Springs: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Molybdenum. 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
Ridgeway MineGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, MolybdenumProducer1969, 1988
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Kershaw County MineClayPast Producer
Kershaw No. 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Mac Clay MineClayUnknownMetamorphic
Mobley Road Shale PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Belton ProspectGoldOccurrence
Julian Moore MineGoldPast Producer1930
Lloyd ProspectGoldUnknown
Ridgeway MineGoldPlant1969, 1989

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Rock Branch North2.7 miles23
Bellfield (historical)3.5 miles15
Elgin Acres4.3 miles23
Kellytown4.5 miles18
Tupelo Hills4.5 miles23
Pine Valley4.5 miles23
Highland Farms4.7 miles23
Sandwood Hills4.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235056. 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.