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Marydell, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It stands on Johnson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Marydell within Greenville 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Marydell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2009Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Marydell (historical): 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium. 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
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
TigerVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Tigerville ProspectZirconiumOccurrence
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Westmoreland MineGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Work
Westmoreland MineGoldPast Producer
Wild Cat MineGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Lima2.7 miles17
Cross Plains3.1 miles17
Bellvue3.2 miles17
Tigerville3.3 miles17
Locust Hill3.4 miles17
Slater3.9 miles17
Mount View4.1 miles17
Marietta4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232046. 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.