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Hunts Spring, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Patrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29584. It stands on Rocky Prong. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hunts Spring within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Hunts Spring (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,500 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 31 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 burning178
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking10
Natural7
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
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 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hunts Spring (historical): 8 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cheraw Pit EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit EastClayPast Producer
Cheraw Pit WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit WestClayPast Producer
Patrick PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Patrick PitClayPast Producer
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Hunts Mill0.5 miles12
Bethesda2.3 miles12
Gillespie (historical)2.7 miles8
Kimberly2.8 miles8
Thompsons (historical)3.0 miles8
McNeils (historical)3.7 miles8
Fisher Hill4.4 miles8
Rivers (historical)4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235679. 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.