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Lynns Ranchettes, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Beech Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29842. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Lynns Ranchettes within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Lynns Ranchettes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,367 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined101
Debris and open burning87
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2015Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Lynns Ranchettes: 10 unknowns, 10 producers, 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Kaolin. 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
Aiken County DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879, 1955
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Aiken Kaolin DistrictKaolinProducer1852
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Langley MineKaolinProducer
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Clearwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kellos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Storm Branch Park1.2 miles21
Pembrook2.2 miles19
Johnstown2.2 miles21
Clearwater2.3 miles21
Beech Island2.5 miles21
Crestdale2.8 miles20
Savanna Town (historical)2.8 miles21
Monticello Estates2.9 miles21

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 Q122598508The 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 1236419. 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.