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Lylesford, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29015. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lylesford within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Lylesford (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 282 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsMT. PLEASANT
19 August 2007Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield 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 Lylesford (historical): 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blair QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Blair QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1908
Blair QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Blair2.4 miles15
Clayton2.4 miles15
Shelton3.1 miles15
Strother4.2 miles15
Rock Creek4.4 miles14
Feasterville4.6 miles12
Old Buckhead6.2 miles14
Salem Crossroads6.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237041. 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.