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Fairfield Arms, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29203. The Survey maps it on the Columbia North quadrangle.

Fairfield Arms within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield Arms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined63
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning12
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
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
28 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2016Fireworks3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fairfield Arms: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer
Broad River ShaleClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Crane Creek PitClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Richland 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
North Twenty One Terrace0.8 miles21
Belmont0.9 miles21
Hyatts1.0 miles21
Barony1.2 miles21
Fairfield Terrace1.3 miles21
Baronywood1.4 miles21
Hollywood Hills1.4 miles21
Pine Forest1.5 miles21

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 Q122596559The 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 1249078. 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.