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Chimney Ridge, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pontiac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29229. The Survey maps it on the Messers Pond quadrangle.

Chimney Ridge within Richland 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Chimney Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 593 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking8
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Chimney Ridge: 6 unknowns, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Loveless & Loveless Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pontiac Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coleman MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Coleman MineClayPast Producer
Duncan Lakes MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Kershaw County MinesClayProducer
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Taylor MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Taylor MineClayPast 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
Royal Pines Estates0.4 miles23
Wildewood1.6 miles24
Pontiac2.0 miles23
Huntcliff2.1 miles24
North Crossing3.0 miles23
North Springs3.1 miles23
Williamsburg East3.3 miles24
Green Springs3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249003. 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.