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Green Acres, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Camp Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29016. The Survey maps it on the Irmo NE quadrangle.

Green Acres within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Green Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Green Acres: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Richland County MinesClayProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pleasant (historical)1.8 miles17
Arlington Estates2.9 miles21
North Pines3.0 miles23
Sharp4.2 miles23
Rockgate4.4 miles21
Lake Elizabeth Estates4.4 miles24
Northgate4.4 miles21
Brockington Heights4.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249121. 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.