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Meansville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29353. It stands on McClure Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenn Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Meansville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Meansville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Other causes1
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
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Meansville (historical): 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
Mud MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Mud MineGoldUnknownVein
Nott MineGoldPast Producer
Nott MineGoldUnknownVein
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
West MineGoldPast Producer
West Mine/Bogan OphirGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Mean Crossroads1.2 miles12
West Springs2.9 miles14
Kennedy Mill3.3 miles14
Rogansville (historical)3.3 miles12
Jonesville4.4 miles12
Lockhart Junction5.5 miles12
Bonham6.1 miles12
Colerain6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232974. 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.