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Simmonsville, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29453. It stands on Devils Lodge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shulerville quadrangle.

Simmonsville within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Simmonsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,745 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 125 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
Arson/incendiarism125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning37
Natural10
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Natural4.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLIGHTNING II
17 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsPRICE
24 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsCANE SWAMP
23 July 2007Arson/incendiarism3.7 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsBRICK HOUSE
13 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1998Natural10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley 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 Simmonsville: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Bass QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Jamestown PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Wares Sante Hi Cal Lime MineCalciumProducer
Schirmer QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownSedimentary
Ware QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Palmerville0.5 miles8
Turkey Pond0.6 miles8
Washington2.1 miles8
Green Bay (historical)2.2 miles9
Tiger Corner (historical)2.6 miles8
Newland3.3 miles9
Pitch Landing3.3 miles9
Price Landing3.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230328. 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.