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Pinecrest, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29801. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.

Pinecrest within Aiken County

On record in Pinecrest

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 6 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

455 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,575 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined161
Debris and open burning124
Misuse of fire by a minor62
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural20
Other causes8
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 27 past producers, 11 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Finley Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Finley Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Six Points0.9 miles18
Aiken1.1 miles18
Balltown1.1 miles18
Kalmia Hills1.4 miles19
Aiken Heights1.4 miles19
Crosland Park1.4 miles18
Kalmia Landing1.7 miles19
Forrest Park1.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236480. 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.