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Concord, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29745. It lies near Long Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle.

Concord within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2019, burning about 260 acres in total. None 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning35
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 13 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Kyanite, Iron. 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
Barnett MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum ProspectCorundumUnknown1900
Clawson MineIronPast Producer
Nanny Mountain MineIronUnknown1760, 1820
Rickard MineCorundumPast ProducerMetamorphic
Casar Sillimanite DepositsKyaniteOccurrence
Polkville Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Wards Creek Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Barnett MineGoldUnknown1910
Barnett MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in York 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
Island View Landing2.0 miles16
Lakewood2.3 miles16
Tega Cay2.6 miles16
Belmont (historical)2.7 miles16
Lakewood Acres2.8 miles16
Hickory Hill2.8 miles16
River Pines3.0 miles16
South Point3.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231189. 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.