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Pearidge, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Six Mile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29682. The Survey maps it on the Six Mile quadrangle.

Pearidge within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Pearidge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning79
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pearidge: 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Harvey Harper ProspectMicaProspect
John Walker ProspectMicaProspect
Josie Mcmadden DepositMicaOccurrence
Mccomb ProspectMicaProspect
Murphrie DepositMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Terrapin Crossroads0.8 miles16
Six Mile2.4 miles16
Cateechee3.4 miles16
Norris4.3 miles16
Rosewood Heights4.6 miles17
Traber4.9 miles17
Liberty5.0 miles17
Shady Grove5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243478. 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.