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Rotalata, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29847. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.

Rotalata within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Rotalata between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,157 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Smoking2
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
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTRENTON
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rotalata: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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
Edgefield Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Culbreath Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Eureka MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Satterfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Satterfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Edgefield 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
Pine House Crossroads0.9 miles18
Trenton1.2 miles18
Parkhill3.7 miles12
Huets Crossroads4.0 miles12
Bouknight4.3 miles11
Swearingen (historical)4.3 miles17
Wise (historical)5.0 miles17
Harmony5.1 miles11

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 Q122542358The 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 1231750. 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.