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Earle, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Monetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29805. It stands on Rocky Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foxtown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Earle within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Earle (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,694 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined89
Debris and open burning85
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Natural13
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Earle (historical): 8 past producers, 7 producers, 3 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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
Edisto MineKaolinProducer
Aiken County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine & MillClayProducer
Brodie Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Enterprise MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Laughlin MineClayProducerSedimentary
Laughlin West MineClayProducerSedimentary
Prothro MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Scott Kaolin MineClayProducerKaolin
Seigler Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Merritts Bridge (historical)2.4 miles16
Plunket (historical)2.8 miles16
Camp Long3.0 miles16
Foxtown3.8 miles16
Seiglers Crossroads4.7 miles16
Camp Rawls4.7 miles12
New Holland4.9 miles12
New Holland Crossroads5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236305. 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.