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Hallmark, 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 29212. It lies near Corley Island. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.

Hallmark 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Hallmark between 1992 and 2018, burning about 237 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined82
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hallmark: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Harbison QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Harbison MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Harbison MineClayPast Producer
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer

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
Leaphart0.9 miles20
Challedon1.0 miles20
Challedon West1.0 miles20
Whitehall1.1 miles20
Seven Oaks1.1 miles20
Walden1.3 miles20
Pineglen1.3 miles20
Shadow Brook1.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244190. 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.