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Hendricks, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Easley East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29640. It stands on Boyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dacusville quadrangle.

Hendricks within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Hendricks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
7 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hendricks: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron. 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
EasleyTitanium, IronUnknown
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Dacusville1.8 miles16
Ole Salem Estates2.4 miles16
Beverly Hills3.0 miles16
Montague3.9 miles16
Cedar Rock4.6 miles17
Pleasant View5.1 miles17
Holly Hill5.3 miles16
Olga (historical)5.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223120. 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.