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Evans Mill, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29728. It stands on Mangum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson NE quadrangle.

Evans Mill within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Evans Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,127 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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 burning127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Other causes3

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Evans Mill: 26 unknowns, 8 producers, 7 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Evans MillStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Oro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Pageland Sand Mine #2SandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth-Brewer MineGoldUnknown1856
Oro MineGoldUnknownStratabound Discordant
Blaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chesterfield 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
Mangums (historical)2.6 miles13
White Plains3.8 miles12
Pageland3.9 miles13
High Point4.9 miles13
Maynards5.1 miles13
Five Forks5.6 miles12
Jefferson5.7 miles12
Hornsboro5.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227896. 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.