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Childs, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29209. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.

Childs within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Childs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 852 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined68
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Childs: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Bluff Road MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1978, 1980
Bluff Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laborde PitClayProducer
Lexington Co. Clay and Shale MinesClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Sims0.3 miles17
Heritage Woods0.7 miles17
Meadowfield0.8 miles17
Knollwood1.0 miles17
Burnside East1.0 miles17
Hampton Trace1.1 miles17
Bluff Estates1.1 miles17
Starlite1.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249002. 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.