Chavistown, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
409 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Chavistown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,070 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 86 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 | 152 |
| Debris and open burning | 129 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chavistown: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naked Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Cheraw Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Cheraw Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gin Creek Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Irby Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Palmetto Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everetts (historical) | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Quick Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Irby (historical) | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hickson (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Madeline | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wallace | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Century Acres | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Islay (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122567317 | 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 1221527. 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.




