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Harrisburg, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Lexington County

On record in Harrisburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

683 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 683 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined355
Debris and open burning128
Misuse of fire by a minor109
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use27
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 5 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
Casparis Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1902
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Twelve Mile CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Davis Bros.Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Epting Ballanger Roland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

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
Land of the Lakes0.9 miles13
Southgate1.1 miles13
Wrenwood1.5 miles13
Red Bank1.7 miles13
Walnut Creek1.8 miles13
Lexington Woods1.9 miles13
Lexington2.0 miles13
Honeywood2.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244199. 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.