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Lever, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Camp Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29016. It stands on Williams Branch. The Survey maps it on the Irmo NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lever within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Lever (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 494 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lever (historical): 9 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. 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
Cedar Creek MineGoldPast Producer
Branham MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Branham MineClayPast Producer
Himnant Mine (Hinnant Mine)ClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Laborde Shale ProspectClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Richtex MineClayPast Producer
Richtex MineClayUnknownMetamorphic
Unnamed Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Cedar Creek1.5 miles18
Bookman3.3 miles18
Pleasant (historical)3.6 miles17
Littleton3.7 miles18
Montgomery4.6 miles18
Green Acres5.0 miles17
Raintree Acres5.7 miles20
Calla (historical)6.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249196. 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.