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Ezell, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Macedonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29341. The Survey maps it on the Chesnee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ezell within Cherokee County

On record in Ezell

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Ezell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 957 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning59
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
4 September 2010Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServicePAINTER RD
2 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ezell (historical): 7 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kyanite, Tin. 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
Ashworth Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt DepositKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Rutherford County Dredge and PSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Cowpens AreaIronUnknownResidual
Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron MineIronUnknownBog Iron Limonite
Unnamed Hematite Mine Gl-110IronUnknown1850
Unnamed Hematite Mine Gl-111IronUnknown1850
Unnamed Hematite Mine Gl-112IronUnknown1850

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
State Line2.8 miles15
Maud3.9 miles18
Macedonia5.5 miles14
Cherokee Hills6.0 miles16
Garden Park6.7 miles16
Love Springs6.7 miles14
Rutledge Acres7.4 miles16
Midway7.4 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on Ezell (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22073098The 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 1228522. 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.