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Eutaw Springs, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eutawville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29048. It stands on Eutaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eutawville quadrangle.

Eutaw Springs within Orangeburg County

On record in Eutaw Springs

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 10 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 1938

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1938. Library of Congress
Numertia Plantation House, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Numertia Plantation House, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lawson's Pond, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Lawson's Pond, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Pond Bluff, Outbuildings, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Pond Bluff, Outbuildings, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Eutaw, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Eutaw, Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1938. Library of Congress
The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
The Rocks, Eutaw Springs vic., Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1938. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

535 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 535 fires within 5 miles of Eutaw Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,140 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 65 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 burning207
Missing data/not specified/undetermined169
Arson/incendiarism65
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eutaw Springs: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Cross QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orangeburg 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
Dorchee (historical)0.8 miles17
Fountain Lake1.5 miles17
Little Belvidere1.6 miles17
Ferguson Landing2.0 miles17
Ferguson (historical)2.1 miles17
Eutawville2.6 miles17
Possum Town2.7 miles17
Green Town2.9 miles17

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 Q122566915The 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 1247696. 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.