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Grenadier, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Irmo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29210. It stands on Kinley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.

Grenadier within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Grenadier between 1992 and 2019, burning about 339 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined107
Misuse of fire by a minor55
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Grenadier: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Columbia North QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
North Columbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer
Broad River ShaleClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic

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
Gardendale0.3 miles20
Saint Andrews0.5 miles20
Woodland Hills0.5 miles20
Pineglen0.7 miles20
Landmark0.8 miles20
Seven Oaks0.9 miles20
Leaphart1.0 miles20
Oak Creek1.3 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122592375The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231348. 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.