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MacArthurs Junction, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Donalds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29638. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals West quadrangle.

MacArthurs Junction within Abbeville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of MacArthurs Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 763 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism18 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Abbeville 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 MacArthurs Junction: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Iron, Silver. 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
Raysors KilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Saluda MineCopper, Iron, SilverProspect
Taylor MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Saluda MineCopperPast ProducerStratiform
UnknownCopperPast ProducerStratabound Discordant
Sadula DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Ware Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Bros. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Abbeville 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
Blue Heaven0.9 miles13
Vermillion3.3 miles13
Broadmouth4.3 miles13
Hammett (historical)4.6 miles13
Foxville Crossroads4.7 miles13
Donalds4.7 miles13
Dann (historical)4.7 miles13
Murray (historical)5.0 miles13

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 Q122564605The 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 1246495. 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.