Mangums, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pageland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29728. The Survey maps it on the Hornsboro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hornsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Mangums (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | ZION CHURCH ROAD |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Mangums (historical): 23 unknowns, 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Mill | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Oro Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Pageland Sand Mine #2 | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Williams Sand | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Williams Sand | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Edgeworth and Brewer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Edgeworth and Brewer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Edgeworth-Brewer Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1856 | |
| Hendrix Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1856 | |
| Oro Mine | Gold | Unknown | Stratabound Discordant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Mill | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pageland | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hornsboro | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Maynards | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| High Point | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| White Plains | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Crowburg | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Croghan | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235699. 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.






