Galaxy, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29209. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.

Galaxy within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1948 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Fort Jackson South quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Fort Jackson South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Galaxy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 971 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined	80
Debris and open burning	29
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
30 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Debris and open burning	10 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Galaxy: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bluff Road Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	1978, 1980
	Bluff Road Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Capitol View	0.3 miles	17
Strathaven Forest	0.3 miles	17
Hazelwood Acres	0.5 miles	17
Charlestowne	0.5 miles	17
Village Bond	0.6 miles	17
Saint Marks Wood	0.8 miles	17
Mountain Brook	0.9 miles	17
Eastmont	0.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249107. 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.