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Enos, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 29053. The Survey maps it on the Gaston quadrangle.

Enos within Calhoun 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

431 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 431 fires within 5 miles of Enos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,867 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined194
Debris and open burning127
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1

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 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Enos: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper. 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
(Facility) Gaston Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Roof MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Fullers Earth PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lanier Asphalt SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Sandy Run4.4 miles16
Oak Grove4.4 miles16
Staley Crossroads9.9 miles13
Hammond Crossroads10.9 miles13
Totness13.6 miles13
Saint Matthews16.9 miles13
Wertz Crossroads17.4 miles13
Riley17.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231269. 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.