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Excelsior, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29520. The Survey maps it on the Cheraw quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Excelsior within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

315 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Excelsior (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 38 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 burning136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use25
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Smoking8
Natural3
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Excelsior (historical): 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Juniper CreekIron, Thorium, Zirconium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Thompson CreekTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Gin Creek MineClayPast Producer
Palmetto MineClayProducer
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidientified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary

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
Isgett Circle0.4 miles8
Windsor Park0.5 miles8
Fisher Hill1.4 miles8
McNeils (historical)2.0 miles8
Cheraw2.6 miles8
Robinson2.6 miles8
Thompsons (historical)2.7 miles8
Kimberly2.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235649. 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.