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English Gardens, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the York census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29745. The Survey maps it on the Clover quadrangle.

English Gardens within York County

On record in English Gardens

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

9 surveys from 14 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of English Gardens between 1992 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Natural1

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
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Smoking2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of English Gardens: 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Barium-Barite. 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
Little Wilson MineGold, Iron, Sulfur, CopperUnknown1904, 1905
Imc Custom Grinding/ York, S.C.Barium-BariteUnknown
Mary MineCopper, Gold, Barium-BariteUnknown1850, 1856
Project 317Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
York County MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Love No. 1 ProspectGold, SulfurProspect
Wallace MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Wilson MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Wilson Au-Cu/Little Wilson MinesGold, CopperUnknownVein
Wilson Mine Or Big Wilson MineGold, CopperUnknown1848

Every working recorded in York 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
Poplar Acres0.3 miles14
Lincoln Estates0.7 miles14
Musical Heights1.3 miles15
York1.5 miles15
Pineview1.5 miles15
Wooded Valley1.9 miles15
Forest Hills2.1 miles15
Filbert3.5 miles18

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 Q122597687The 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 1233699. 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.