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Maynards, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Croghan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29727. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hornsboro quadrangle.

Maynards 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Maynards between 1992 and 2019, burning about 694 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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 burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
29 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Smoking3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2014Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2018Debris and open burningunder 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 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Maynards: 21 unknowns, 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 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
Oro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Williams SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth and Brewer MineGoldPast Producer
Edgeworth-Brewer MineGoldUnknown1856
Hendrix MineGoldUnknown1856
Hendrix ProspectGoldProspect
Oro MineGoldUnknownStratabound Discordant
C.E. Horton Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chesterfield County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maynards in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailMaynards-Nickel size hail reported at a farm just north of SC Hwy 9 between Blair Hendrick Rd and Taylor Chapel Rd. Time estimated.
March 2021HailMaynards-Spotter reported nickel size hail at Hwy 265 and Fairview Church Rd.

Every storm 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
Mount Croghan2.2 miles13
Hornsboro2.3 miles13
Mangums (historical)3.8 miles13
Ruby4.9 miles12
Evans Mill5.1 miles13
Lees Crossroads5.2 miles12
Wexford5.8 miles13
Maysville6.2 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550380The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235702. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.