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Earle, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Trio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Sportsman Pond. The Survey maps it on the Trio quadrangle.

Earle within Williamsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

598 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 598 fires within 5 miles of Earle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,785 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 182 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/undetermined202
Arson/incendiarism182
Debris and open burning162
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Earle: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
M & T Chemicals/ Andrews, S.C.ZirconiumPlant
Parsons MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winyah Block Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Williamsburg 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
Tisdale1.9 miles8
Antioch2.3 miles9
Oak Ridge3.1 miles8
Cook Corner3.1 miles8
Cherry Hill3.7 miles9
Harper Crossroads3.7 miles9
Andrews4.1 miles9
Trio4.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247588. 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.