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Madeline, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. It lies near Beattie Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle.

Madeline within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Madeline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined84
Debris and open burning75
Arson/incendiarism58
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro 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 Madeline: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Naked CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Field Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harrel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hollis MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marboro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Marlboro Field PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Marlboro MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marlboro 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
Islay (historical)2.2 miles8
Everetts (historical)2.8 miles9
Century Acres3.2 miles8
Dyers Hill3.7 miles8
Dundee Acres3.8 miles8
Ayers (historical)3.8 miles8
Chavistown4.1 miles9
Country Club Heights4.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232752. 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.