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Lakeside, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Laurens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29360. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle.

Lakeside within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lakeside: 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite. 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
Abercrombie MineVermiculitePast Producer
BradshawVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Burns-Nelson MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Clinton MineVermiculitePast Producer
Craig MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Goodwins MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hudging MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Ivey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Jacks #1 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
L-C Broadcasting 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
Irby2.7 miles13
Laurens2.9 miles13
Wattsville3.0 miles13
Lydia Mills3.8 miles12
Long Branch3.9 miles13
Goodwins Crossroads4.1 miles13
Clinton4.4 miles12
Lisbon (historical)4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234863. 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.