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Hornsboro, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Croghan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29728. It stands on Stone House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hornsboro quadrangle.

Hornsboro within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Hornsboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 585 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Debris and open burning58 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceZION CHURCH ROAD
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceTICE FIRE
2 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceNO YES
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hornsboro: 13 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Sand, 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
Oro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth-Brewer MineGoldUnknown1856
Hendrix MineGoldUnknown1856
Hendrix ProspectGoldProspect
Oro MineGoldUnknownStratabound Discordant
Chesterfield County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chesterfield 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
Maynards2.3 miles13
Mangums (historical)3.6 miles13
Mount Croghan3.8 miles13
Pageland5.7 miles13
Evans Mill5.9 miles13
Maysville6.5 miles13
Ruby6.7 miles12
Wexford6.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246063. 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.