Maysville, 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 29709. It stands on Talton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Croghan quadrangle.

Maysville 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Mt. Croghan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Maysville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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	59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Arson/incendiarism	15
Smoking	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	North Carolina Forest Service	CEDAR CREEK
3 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	North Carolina Forest Service	STALLION ROAD
25 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	North Carolina Forest Service	EDDINS FIELD
30 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	19 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maysville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	R H Sowell Prospect	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wexford	2.3 miles	13
Mount Croghan	4.3 miles	13
Ruby	4.6 miles	12
Catoe (historical)	5.5 miles	12
Lees Crossroads	5.9 miles	12
Maynards	6.2 miles	13
Hornsboro	6.5 miles	13
Chesterfield	6.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227945. 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.