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Rogansville, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29321. It stands on Swink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jonesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rogansville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Rogansville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 431 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning40
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rogansville (historical): 6 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
Mud MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Bogan MineGoldPast Producer
Mud MineGoldUnknownVein
Nott MineGoldPast Producer
Nott MineGoldUnknownVein
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
West MineGoldPast Producer
West Mine/Bogan OphirGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Mean Crossroads3.0 miles12
West Springs3.0 miles14
Meansville (historical)3.3 miles14
Tempie Hill3.3 miles12
Buffalo3.5 miles12
Goat Alley4.0 miles12
Bonham4.2 miles12
Colerain4.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233020. 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.