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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.

Mangums within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

248 since 1992

Regional 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural5
Other causes2
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning58 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceZION CHURCH ROAD
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Evans MillStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Oro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Pageland Sand Mine #2SandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth-Brewer MineGoldUnknown1856
Hendrix MineGoldUnknown1856
Oro MineGoldUnknownStratabound Discordant

Every working recorded in Chesterfield 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
Evans Mill2.6 miles13
Pageland2.8 miles13
Hornsboro3.6 miles13
Maynards3.8 miles13
High Point5.1 miles13
White Plains5.6 miles12
Crowburg5.8 miles13
Mount Croghan6.0 miles13

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.