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Foster Corner, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the Kilsock Island quadrangle.

Foster Corner within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Foster Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,695 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 105 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 burning117
Arson/incendiarism105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Foster Corner: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium. 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
Santee QuadrangleZirconium, Iron, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Ford Tract MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Meurisena Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Georgetown 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
Lodge Hall2.8 miles8
Cumberland2.9 miles8
New Hope3.2 miles8
Moyd3.3 miles10
Sampit3.5 miles8
Spring Gully4.7 miles9
Oak Grove4.9 miles9
Graves5.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231294. 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.