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Macedonia, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Macedonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29330. The Survey maps it on the Cowpens quadrangle.

Macedonia within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,191 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined98
Debris and open burning47
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Macedonia: 19 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, REE, Gold, Tin, Corundum, Gold. 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
Thicketty Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Thicketty Creek Limestone OccurrenceMarble, DimensionUnknownStratabound
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern TributaryThorium, REE, Tin, Corundum, GoldUnknown1910, 1911
Troy Blanton MineMicaPast Producer
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Otterson Limestone QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gl-107StoneUnknown1900
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911
Headwater Irene Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911
Love Springs MineGoldUnknown1908

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Love Springs1.9 miles14
Midway3.0 miles16
Rutledge Acres3.4 miles16
Hidden Acres Estates3.7 miles16
Beaverdam3.8 miles16
Rutledge Estates4.0 miles16
Canterbury4.1 miles16
Wellington Manor4.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231515. 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.