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.
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.
- Ellerbe's Milllisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1938 USGS Hagood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Rembert quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
351 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 170 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Tailings | |
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Horatio | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Sumters Landing | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Camden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Camden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hagood Sand - Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Harvin Sand + Gravel Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinkins Mill | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Rembert | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hagood | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Borden | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ellerbee (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| State Farm (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Horatio | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hillcrest | 4.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122572845 | The 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.









