Millbank, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29020. It stands on Kirkwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Camden North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Millbank within Kershaw County

On record in Millbank

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 1 record

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

Kendall Mill Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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.

1935 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Camden quadrangle1:48000
1938 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Camden North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Millbank (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,377 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined	91
Debris and open burning	88
Misuse of fire by a minor	23
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Smoking	17
Natural	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
4 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	6.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2007	Smoking	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw 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 Millbank (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Hasskamp Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
	Wateree River	Iron, Titanium, Thorium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Pine Creek	0.3 miles	20
Hillsdale	0.6 miles	20
Spalding (historical)	0.6 miles	20
Log Town (historical)	0.7 miles	20
Kirkwood	0.9 miles	20
Dusty Bend	1.0 miles	20
East Camden	1.1 miles	20
White Gardens	1.2 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235150. 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.