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Springdale, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29829. It stands on Horsepen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle.

Springdale within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,172 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined156
Debris and open burning127
Misuse of fire by a minor49
Arson/incendiarism42
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural15
Smoking7
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Springdale: 11 past producers, 9 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Stone, 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
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Unnamed Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous Intrusion
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillside Spring MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKie Sand Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
McKie Sand Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
McKie Sand Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Rainbow Falls1.9 miles19
Vaucluse2.4 miles19
Rennie (historical)3.2 miles19
Big Cone Ridge3.3 miles20
Ascaga Heights3.8 miles20
Graniteville3.9 miles19
Gregg Park3.9 miles19
Laurel Lakes4.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231820. 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.