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Friendship, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Honea Path census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29654. The Survey maps it on the Honea Path quadrangle.

Friendship within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 1992 and 2020, burning about 450 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Friendship: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Gold. 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
Desota ProspectGoldProspect
Desoto ProspectGoldUnknown1908
Cooper Sand Co. Piedmont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred Cox MineMicaPast Producer
Patton MineMicaPast Producer
Piedmont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Sadula DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Welborn ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Burris3.3 miles13
Honea Path3.6 miles13
Dosheno4.0 miles13
High Point4.1 miles13
Toney Creek4.4 miles9
Belton6.2 miles9
Craytonville6.9 miles13
Cheddar8.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231301. 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.