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Congaree, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pelion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. It stands on Scouter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Congaree within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

763 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 763 fires within 5 miles of Congaree (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined365
Debris and open burning182
Misuse of fire by a minor108
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural20
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Congaree (historical): 10 producers, 7 unknowns, 5 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand, Silica. 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
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Columbia Pit EastSilicaProducer
Columbia WorksSilicaProducer
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Sox MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
White Knoll1.4 miles13
Regency Square1.8 miles13
Edmund2.3 miles13
Oakridge2.5 miles13
Walnut Creek3.4 miles13
Red Bank3.5 miles13
Blue Ridge Terrace3.6 miles13
Honeywood3.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244139. 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.