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Sedgefield, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rock Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29730. The Survey maps it on the Rock Hill West quadrangle.

Sedgefield within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Sedgefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sedgefield: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Indian Graveyard MineMicaPast Producer
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fewell Island Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
York MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in York 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
Winthrop Heights0.5 miles16
Kenilworth Acres0.5 miles16
Cedar Grove Park0.7 miles16
Avondale Terrace0.8 miles16
Hutchinson Acres1.0 miles15
Beaty Estates1.0 miles16
Mexico1.1 miles16
Shadowbrook1.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233900. 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.