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Fredonia, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Batesburg-Leesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29070. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert quadrangle.

Fredonia within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Fredonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2017Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington 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 Fredonia: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand. 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
Bowers MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Rawl-Cotton Branch Road MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Adolphus Hite Kaolin PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Clamp Kaolin PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hoyt-Hite Kaolin PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Marlowe CreekClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Gilbert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Summit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Summit Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Summit Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Summit2.1 miles12
Leesville2.8 miles11
Murray3.0 miles12
Gilbert3.6 miles12
Clubhouse Crossroads3.9 miles12
Batesburg-Leesville4.2 miles11
Kneece4.6 miles11
Batesburg4.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227901. 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.