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Five Forks, South Carolina

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

Five Forks within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Five Forks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 905 acres in total. 7 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Other causes1
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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth 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
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Five Forks: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unnamed Dimension Stone,Granite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Jefferson PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Jefferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Funderbunk MineGoldUnknownVein
Funderburk MineGoldPast Producer
Funderburk MineGoldPast Producer
Placer MineGoldPast Producer
Blaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lowry's Gravel ServiceSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSand

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
High Point1.1 miles13
Crowburg3.0 miles13
White Plains3.1 miles12
Dudley3.6 miles13
Pageland3.9 miles13
Evans Mill5.6 miles13
Mangums (historical)6.1 miles13
Wolf Pond Cross Roads6.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235658. 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.