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Elsie, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29072. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barr Lake quadrangle.

Elsie within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Elsie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 689 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined189
Debris and open burning74
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Elsie: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium. 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
Twelve Mile CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
Bowers MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Clamp Kaolin PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hoyt-Hite Kaolin PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Gilbert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Summit Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Ethon Crossroads1.1 miles12
Barr Crossing2.2 miles12
Gilbert3.2 miles12
Lexing-Town Estates3.7 miles12
Creekwood3.9 miles12
Clubhouse Crossroads4.1 miles12
Murray4.6 miles12
Summit4.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231266. 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.