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Irby, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29596. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Irby within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Irby (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,695 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 81 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/undetermined132
Debris and open burning105
Arson/incendiarism81
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Natural2
Fireworks1
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 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Irby (historical): 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Naked CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Thompson CreekTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw MineClayProducer
Gin Creek MineClayPast Producer
Irby MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Palmetto MineClayProducer
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro 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
Hickson (historical)1.5 miles9
Wallace2.1 miles9
Everetts (historical)2.3 miles9
Chavistown3.0 miles9
Quick Crossroads4.8 miles8
Madeline5.0 miles9
Fulton6.1 miles10
Islay (historical)7.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232738. 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.