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Leeward Landing, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29625. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anderson North quadrangle.

Leeward Landing within Anderson County

On record in Leeward Landing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Leeward Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson 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 Leeward Landing: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Mica, Gemstone. 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
Mcconnell ProspectMica, GemstoneProspect
SmithIron, TitaniumUnknownMagnetite Vein
Unnamed Crushed Stone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerGranite Pluton

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Welcome0.7 miles17
Chateau Woods0.9 miles17
Middleton Shores1.0 miles17
Denver1.0 miles17
Bridlewood1.1 miles17
Lexington Place1.2 miles17
Stonewall Woods1.2 miles17
New Salem1.3 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595166The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236789. 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.