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Sardis, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. The Survey maps it on the Union West quadrangle.

Sardis 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 374 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/undetermined96
Debris and open burning38
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Natural1
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
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
South Hills1.8 miles12
Union3.1 miles12
Monarch3.8 miles12
Carem3.9 miles12
Goat Alley4.2 miles12
New Hill4.4 miles12
Buffalo4.6 miles12
Bishop Town (historical)4.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233031. 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.