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Cold Point, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Cross Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29360. The Survey maps it on the Laurens South quadrangle.

Cold Point within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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 Cold Point between 1992 and 2016, burning about 483 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
16 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cold Point: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Gold, Mica, 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
Bailey MineMicaPast Producer
Cold Point Granite Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer1910
Raeburn Creek ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Raeburn Creek ProspectGoldProspect
BradshawVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hudging MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Monroe MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion.
Powers MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Triston MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
W.L. Patterson MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Lisbon (historical)2.4 miles13
Maddens2.6 miles13
Irby4.3 miles13
Waterloo4.9 miles13
Simpson (historical)5.1 miles13
Ekom5.1 miles13
Laurens5.6 miles13
Mountville5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247335. 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.