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Century Acres, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville North quadrangle.

Century Acres within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Century Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 73 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
Debris and open burning117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined108
Arson/incendiarism73
Equipment and vehicle use27
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Century Acres: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Naked CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Field Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harrel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marboro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Marlboro Field PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Marlboro MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marlboro 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
Country Club Heights1.0 miles8
Lakeside1.1 miles8
Islay (historical)1.4 miles8
Bennettsville1.7 miles8
Ayers (historical)1.8 miles8
Lake Terrace2.0 miles8
Dundee Acres2.2 miles8
Grace Heights2.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232686. 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.