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Ellerbees Mill, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rembert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. The Survey maps it on the Rembert quadrangle.

Ellerbees Mill within Sumter County

On record in Ellerbees Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Ellerbees Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,644 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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 burning170
Missing data/not specified/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ellerbees Mill: 7 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Clay. 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
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Sumters LandingIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harvin Sand + Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Dinkins Mill1.9 miles19
Rembert1.9 miles19
Hagood2.2 miles19
Borden2.8 miles16
Ellerbee (historical)3.0 miles19
State Farm (historical)3.1 miles19
Horatio3.7 miles19
Hillcrest4.2 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122572845The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247657. 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.