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Harris Springs, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Cross Hill census division. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Harris Springs within Laurens 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Harris Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1997Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Natural40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionNANALOO FIRE
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harris Springs: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Mica. 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
Bailey MineMicaPast Producer
Kenneth Hanna MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Pinson #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Waterloo2.2 miles13
Cross Hill3.0 miles12
Mountville3.8 miles12
Isle of Pines4.0 miles13
Pine Land Shores4.8 miles13
Collins Lakeside Village4.9 miles13
White Plains Crossroad5.7 miles12
Greenwood5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227914. 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.