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McCrearys Quarter, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Eastover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29078. The Survey maps it on the Rembert quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McCrearys Quarter within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of McCrearys Quarter (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,903 acres in total. 2 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
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
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.9 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning70 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McCrearys Quarter (historical): 9 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Zirconium, 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
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Gum SwampTitanium, Thorium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Mccaskill CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Sumters LandingIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
English (historical)4.0 miles18
Leesburg5.5 miles18
Garners Quarter (historical)8.4 miles15
Lisbon (historical)10.3 miles23
Deer Ridge Farms10.5 miles17
Harmon Estates10.5 miles17
Chimney Ridge12.4 miles23
Royal Pines Estates12.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249218. 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.