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Marilyn Acres, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29621. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton West quadrangle.

Marilyn Acres within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Marilyn Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 220 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2008Recreation and ceremony12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Marilyn Acres: 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Gemstone. 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
Mcconnell ProspectMica, GemstoneProspect
SmithIron, TitaniumUnknownMagnetite Vein
Broadway MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tribble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
D J Tucker DepositMicaOccurrence
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Hammond0.7 miles17
Country Acres0.8 miles17
Englewood0.8 miles17
Clarendon0.8 miles17
Autumn Oaks0.9 miles17
Cobbs Glen1.1 miles17
Cedar Acres1.1 miles17
Heather Heights1.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236806. 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.