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Colerain, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29321. It lies near Beddington Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cross Anchor quadrangle.

Colerain within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Colerain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Smoking2
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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Colerain: 7 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Vermiculite, Feldspar, 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
Tyger River No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Unnamed Feldpar MineFeldsparPast ProducerIgneous
Allen #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hines-Suber MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Bogan MineGoldPast Producer
Nott MineGoldPast Producer
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
West MineGoldPast Producer
West Mine/Bogan OphirGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Black Jack Valley (historical)2.6 miles15
West Springs3.4 miles14
Rogansville (historical)4.8 miles12
Tempie Hill5.8 miles12
Bishop Town (historical)5.9 miles12
Buffalo6.1 miles12
Meansville (historical)6.2 miles14
Wildcat (historical)6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232864. 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.