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Jones, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29692. It stands on Dunns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jones within Greenwood County

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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Jones (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
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
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism18 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jones (historical): 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Vermiculite, 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
Master's KilnLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1908
Mt. Olive ProspectGoldOccurrence
Ezell MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Henderson MineVermiculitePast Producer1983
Maddens-KernalsVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Masters KilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Raysors KilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Ware Shoals DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Ware Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Ware Shoals1.7 miles13
Algary (historical)3.0 miles13
Shoals Junction4.4 miles13
Black4.5 miles13
Tinsley5.3 miles13
Simmons5.4 miles13
Cokesbury6.3 miles14
Hodges6.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234146. 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.