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Jennings, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Richtex quadrangle.

Jennings within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Jennings between 1992 and 2019, burning about 567 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined76
Debris and open burning48
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural8
Smoking5
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Jennings: 10 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Gold. 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
Cedar Creek MineGoldPast Producer
Rion QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
McKeown Pink QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Unnamed Dimension Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Superior Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Branham MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Branham MineClayPast Producer
Himnant Mine (Hinnant Mine)ClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Laborde Shale ProspectClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Richtex MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Richtex4.2 miles18
Rion4.9 miles14
Rock Hill5.3 miles15
Wallaceville5.5 miles16
Jenkinsville7.3 miles15
Simpson7.5 miles15
Rockton8.2 miles15
Alston8.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223542. 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.