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Smallwood, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29325. The Survey maps it on the Joanna quadrangle.

Smallwood within Laurens 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Smallwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Smallwood: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite. 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
Burns-Nelson MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Clinton MineVermiculitePast Producer
Cooper #1 & #2VermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Cooper MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Goodwins MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Henry Estate MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Jacks #1 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Laurens County MinesVermiculiteProducer
LeonardVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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
Clinton1.6 miles12
Long Branch2.1 miles13
Lydia Mills3.0 miles12
Dover (historical)3.3 miles12
Neighbors Crossroads4.0 miles12
Goodwins Crossroads4.1 miles13
Philson Crossroads4.8 miles13
Huntington (historical)4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234973. 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.