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Erie, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29692. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Erie within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Erie (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens 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 Erie (historical): 5 producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Gold. 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
Desoto ProspectGoldUnknown1908
Taylor MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Sadula DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Ware Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Bros. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Brothers Sand Co., IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Princeton1.9 miles13
Brewerton3.3 miles13
Tumbling Shoals (historical)3.3 miles8
Reedy River (historical)3.6 miles8
Poplar Springs3.7 miles13
Hickory Tavern5.5 miles8
Austin (historical)5.7 miles13
Owens (historical)6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234807. 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.