Lorenzo, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29646. It stands on Watts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lorenzo within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1949 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Lorenzo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 936 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined	96
Debris and open burning	40
Railroad operations and maintenance	14
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	6
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lorenzo (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Martins Kiln	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Metamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Promised Land	1.4 miles	15
Salak	1.7 miles	15
Bullock (historical)	1.8 miles	15
McCombs	2.0 miles	15
Chinquapin	2.2 miles	15
Fawn Brook	2.3 miles	15
Brookside	2.5 miles	15
Woodlawn	2.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252137. 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.