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Mayo Heights, South Carolina

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29532. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Darlington East quadrangle.

Mayo Heights within Darlington County

On record in Mayo Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 10 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Mayo Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,075 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 burning151
Missing data/not specified/undetermined92
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darlington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mayo Heights: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Darington PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Darington PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Darlington 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
Pine Village0.2 miles7
Washington Terrace0.6 miles7
Brockington Heights0.8 miles7
Bowens Manor0.9 miles7
Darlington0.9 miles7
Pepper Ridge1.2 miles7
Woodcreek1.5 miles7
Woodland Gardens1.7 miles7

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 Q122566491The 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 1240917. 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.