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Fairtraid, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Dam Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Nixonville quadrangle.

Fairtraid within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Fairtraid between 1992 and 2019, burning about 20,220 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 67 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Natural1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairtraid: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Wacca-Dee Materials Company MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Horry 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
Hickory Grove0.4 miles11
Vina2.4 miles11
Grissett2.8 miles9
Wilson Landing3.0 miles9
Saint Paul Forks3.2 miles9
Maple Crossroads3.3 miles9
Country Club Forest3.4 miles9
Homewood3.7 miles9

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 Q122573518The 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 1243707. 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.