El Bethel, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Fourmile Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of El Bethel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,304 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 121 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of El Bethel: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Buck Mine | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| G and C Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Wacca Dee Mine | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wacca-Dee Materials Company Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G and C Mine (G&G Mine) | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Coguina Pit(Bird Quarry) | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1980 | |
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| West Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cochran Town | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Darden Terrace | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Chicora | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Park Hill | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbriar | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pinewood | 2.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243704. 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.




