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Foxville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29168. It lies near High Island. The Survey maps it on the Wedgefield quadrangle.

Foxville within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Foxville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 899 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
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
30 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2008Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2006Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Foxville: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, 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
H M Mclaurin ProspectIronProspect
Wateree RiverIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial (Gravel Bar)
Wedgefield MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Wedgefield Waterree PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Malta1.6 miles14
Wedgefield2.1 miles14
Wedgewood2.3 miles14
Dixie Crossing2.9 miles14
Sumter Junction3.5 miles15
Stateburg5.1 miles14
The Ruins5.2 miles14
Cane Savannah5.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247826. 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.