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Hopewell, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29717. It stands on McDaniel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Grove quadrangle.

Hopewell within York 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2018, burning about 339 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning16
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2002Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 8 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Silver, Copper, Copper. 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
Brown MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Magnolia MineGold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Mullis MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Schlegemich MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknownVein
Worth Mountain Kyanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Worth Mtn OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Arrowwood MineGoldUnknownVein
Cal Parker ProspectGoldProspect
Dorothy MineGoldPast Producer
Mercer MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in York 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
Beauty Spot (historical)2.6 miles16
Hoodtown2.8 miles16
Borax (historical)3.6 miles16
Hickory Grove4.1 miles16
Gould (historical)4.6 miles16
Blairsville4.9 miles15
Bullock Creek5.2 miles16
Sharon5.6 miles15

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 Q5900290The 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 1227920. 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.