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Macedon, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pelion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. The Survey maps it on the Pelion East quadrangle.

Macedon within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

736 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 736 fires within 5 miles of Macedon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,484 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined275
Debris and open burning234
Misuse of fire by a minor114
Arson/incendiarism44
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Macedon: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand. 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
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Sox MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bowen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbia PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Pennsylvania Glass Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Shuler #2 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Testo1.6 miles13
Edmund3.1 miles13
Sharpes Hill3.2 miles13
Pelion4.1 miles13
Congaree (historical)4.6 miles13
Shuler (historical)5.2 miles13
Blue Ridge Terrace5.5 miles13
White Knoll5.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231513. 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.