Kingsbury, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Heath Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29058. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kingsbury within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Lancaster SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 610 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined	31
Debris and open burning	22
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
16 September 1998	Smoking	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2016	Natural	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kingsbury (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Liberty Hill Deposit	Quartz	Past Producer	1954
Mitford Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unidentified Granite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusive

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blakley Crossroads	3.5 miles	13
Springs Park	4.7 miles	12
Pitmon Crossroad	5.7 miles	13
Bell Town	6.6 miles	14
Cauthens Crossroads	7.9 miles	13
Anvil Rock	8.6 miles	13
Douglas	9.4 miles	14
Jones Crossroads	9.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241688. 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.