Mathis, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sycamore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29810. The Survey maps it on the Allendale 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
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Mathis (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 17 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Seigling | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hayes Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Appleton | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Baldock | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Allendale | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ulmer | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sycamore | 6.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233138. 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.








