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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Edmund quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
431 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 194 |
| Debris and open burning | 127 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Gaston Copper Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| Roof Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Cleckley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Cleckley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lanier Asphalt Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Run | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Staley Crossroads | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hammond Crossroads | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Totness | 13.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Matthews | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wertz Crossroads | 17.4 miles | 13 | |
| Riley | 17.8 miles | 13 |
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.







