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Springdell, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Van Wyck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. The Survey maps it on the Catawba quadrangle.

Springdell within Lancaster 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Springdell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
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
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Springdell: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Sericite Pit Number 1MicaUnknownMetamorphic
Unnamed Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Ashe MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Ashe MineClayPast Producer
Faile MineClayProducer
John Barnette MineClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Lancaster MillClayPast Producer
Van Wyck MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Wyck MineClayProducer
Yoder #1(Yoder#2)ClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lancaster 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
Van Wyck3.0 miles13
Fosters Crossroads3.3 miles13
Riverside4.2 miles13
Curetons (historical)5.7 miles13
Shiloh5.9 miles13
Quail Haven5.9 miles13
Caskey5.9 miles14
Arrowood Estates6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227984. 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.