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Forest Lake, South Carolina

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fort Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29715. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mill quadrangle.

Forest Lake within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Forest Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 116 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined39
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceHAY FIELD
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANOTHER ROCKET FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York 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 Forest Lake: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Cathey MineGold, CopperPast Producer1850
Clawson MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownResidual, Igneous
Clawson Mine Or Sutton MineGoldUnknown1856
Mccorkle MineGoldPast Producer1850
Arrowood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
Arrowood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pineville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pineville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pineville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in York 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
Carowood2.2 miles26
Grey Rock3.4 miles26
Whiteville Park3.9 miles26
Fort Mill4.3 miles26
Kanawha Hills4.6 miles26
Old Orchid4.8 miles26
Riverview5.1 miles26
Nauvassee (historical)5.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233726. 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.