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Spring Valley, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pontiac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29223. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle.

Spring Valley within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 765 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined89
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning19
Smoking10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
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
9 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Kershaw County MinesClayProducer
Loveless & Loveless Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Pontiac Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Richland County MinesClayProducer
Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Valley in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1995Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Trees were knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Folkestone0.3 miles24
Charleswood0.4 miles24
Farrowoods0.4 miles24
State Park Acres0.8 miles24
Clear Springs1.1 miles24
Forestwood Estates1.2 miles24
Briarwood1.3 miles24
North Washington Park1.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249367. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.