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Lanford, 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 29335. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Enoree quadrangle.

Lanford 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Lanford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 509 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
3 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Natural7.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Natural27 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Lanford: 28 past producers, 12 producers, 10 unknowns. 12 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
Ball MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Belk MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown Mine EastVermiculitePast Producer
Brown Mine WestVermiculitePast Producer
Brown PitVermiculitePast Producer
Canal MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Charles WaldrepVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Davis-Dewitt MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Deshields #1 & #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed 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
Martin Crossroads3.0 miles8
Ora3.7 miles13
Tylersville4.6 miles13
Bryson (historical)5.3 miles8
Youngs6.2 miles8
Goodwins Crossroads7.2 miles13
Barksdale7.4 miles8
Gray Court7.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246292. 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.