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Roman Acres, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29649. The Survey maps it on the Cokesbury quadrangle.

Roman Acres within Greenwood County

On record in Roman Acres

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Roman Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 641 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined182
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood 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 Roman Acres: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Benjamin Granite QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Mrs. Mary Robinson PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Greenwood Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Greenwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Northfall Acres0.4 miles15
North Hills Estates0.5 miles14
Wellington Green0.8 miles15
Forest Hills1.2 miles15
Idlewood1.4 miles15
Cherokee Hills1.4 miles15
Ponderosa Heights1.5 miles15
Hyde Park1.6 miles15

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 Q122553106The 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 1234212. 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.