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Lake Forest Estates, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southeast Edgefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29860. It lies near Poverty Hill. The Survey maps it on the North Augusta quadrangle.

Lake Forest Estates within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Lake Forest Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake Forest Estates: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Edgefield 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
Poverty Hill1.4 miles25
New Richmond (historical)1.9 miles25
Huntington Estates2.2 miles20
Lenoir (historical)3.8 miles25
Murphys Estates3.9 miles20
Morgana5.1 miles25
Crafton (historical)6.6 miles17
Highview (historical)7.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237440. 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.