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Piedmont Springs, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29702. It stands on Biggers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kings Creek quadrangle.

Piedmont Springs within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 466 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 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 York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 137 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 137 workings within 5 miles of Piedmont Springs: 75 unknowns, 41 past producers, 10 prospects, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
Almathea MineGold, CopperUnknown1913
Broad River Sericite MinesMicaPast Producer
Carroll and Ross MineGold, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, SilverUnknown1952
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, SulfurProspect
Dave Byers Manganese PitsManganese, Clay, IronUnknown1900
Gneiss Rock QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Hull Prospect and PlacerGold, Tellurium, BismuthUnknown1960
Industrial Minerals MineBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Kings Creek Barite Southwest AreaBarium-Barite, Copper, Lead, ZincUnknown1900

Every working recorded in York 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
Smyrna2.3 miles20
Beersheba5.1 miles18
Bethany5.9 miles18
Hickory Grove6.4 miles16
Zadok (historical)6.6 miles18
Filbert8.1 miles18
Sutton Spring (historical)8.8 miles15
Sharon9.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233845. 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.