Coatesworth, South Carolina
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Irmo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29212. It lies near Nursery Hill. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1946 USGS Irmo quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Irmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Irmo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Coatesworth between 1992 and 2018, burning about 246 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 | 55 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Coatesworth: 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia North Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous | |
| Dreyfus Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous | |
| Harbison Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Harbison Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| North Columbia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Corley Mill Rd Pit | Clay | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Harbison Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Harbison Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lexington County Mine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irmo | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Challedon West | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hillcreek | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Walden | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Coldstream | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Selwood Trace | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Challedon | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hallmark | 2.1 miles | 20 |
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 Q122557872 | 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 1244134. 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.









