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Metz Store, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cottageville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29435. The Survey maps it on the Cottageville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Metz Store within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

483 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 483 fires within 5 miles of Metz Store (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,706 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 77 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 burning210
Missing data/not specified/undetermined167
Arson/incendiarism77
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Smoking4
Other causes3

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 burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton 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 Metz Store (historical): 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Sandy Run MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Givhans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Givhans Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Givhans Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Givhans Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Givhans PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sanders Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Colleton 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
Red Oak Corner3.0 miles17
Hiotts3.0 miles17
Cottageville3.8 miles17
Prices Landing4.0 miles17
Sidney4.2 miles17
Goodhope Landing4.2 miles17
Burr Hill4.3 miles17
Round O4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1240678. 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.