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Irby, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Laurens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29360. It stands on Scout Branch. The Survey maps it on the Laurens South quadrangle.

Irby within Laurens County

On record in Irby

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Irby between 1992 and 2019, burning about 459 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens 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 Irby: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Cold Point Granite Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer1910
BradshawVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Burns-Nelson MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Craig MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hudging MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Ivey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
L-C Broadcasting MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mims MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Monroe MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion.
Powers MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Laurens1.5 miles13
Maddens2.6 miles13
Lakeside2.7 miles12
Wattsville3.2 miles13
Lisbon (historical)3.7 miles13
Cold Point4.3 miles13
Bryson (historical)5.7 miles8
Doubling (historical)5.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234855. 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.