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Primus, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. The Survey maps it on the Antioch quadrangle.

Primus within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Primus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Natural2
Smoking2
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 1999Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Natural8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Primus: 8 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Blackmon MineGold, MicaUnknown1840, 1906
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Blackmon MineGoldPast Producer
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Johnson MineGoldUnknownVein
Massey MineGoldPast Producer
Phiffer ProspectGoldProspect
Redding PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Redding PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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
Fork Hill Crossroads1.5 miles13
Rich Hill Crossroads1.9 miles13
Antioch Acres2.0 miles13
Antioch2.5 miles13
Union2.6 miles13
Elgin Woods3.5 miles13
Baker Place3.6 miles13
Pleasant Dale4.1 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561097The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250244. 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.