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Rosewood, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29205. It stands on Orphanage Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.

Rosewood within Richland County

On record in Rosewood

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 2 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 17 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2016Fireworks3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rosewood: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Duncan Lakes MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Heathwood0.7 miles17
Shandon0.7 miles13
Melrose Heights1.0 miles21
Kilbourne Park1.1 miles24
Wales Garden1.1 miles13
Hollywood1.2 miles13
Valencia Heights1.2 miles17
Kilbourne Heights1.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249317. 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.