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Deans, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29684. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Deans within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Deans between 1992 and 2020, burning about 455 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deans: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, 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
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1973
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Generostee CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Big Mountain CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownAlluvial Placer

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deans in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDeans-County comms reported trees blown down on Flat Rock Rd.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDeans-Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down near Starr and along Highway 252 west of Honea Path.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDeans-Public reported multiple trees blown down on Highway 81 near Starr. County comms reported power lines down on Melody Trail.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindDeans-Several trees were blown down along highway 28, with at least one tree on a home.

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Starr1.8 miles14
Flat Rock2.4 miles14
Chambert Forest3.1 miles14
Mountain Creek3.2 miles14
Meadow Fields3.5 miles14
Gluck3.6 miles14
Fernwood4.2 miles14
Allendale4.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247512. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.