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Clarendon, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29621. The Survey maps it on the Anderson North quadrangle.

Clarendon within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Clarendon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson 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 Clarendon: 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Gemstone. 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
Mcconnell ProspectMica, GemstoneProspect
SmithIron, TitaniumUnknownMagnetite Vein
Broadway MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tribble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Autumn Oaks0.5 miles17
Englewood0.5 miles17
Cardinal Park0.6 miles17
Huntington Hills0.8 miles17
Marilyn Acres0.8 miles17
McGee Acres0.9 miles17
Cedar Acres0.9 miles17
Concord1.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236622. 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.