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Steedman, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29070. It stands on Crooker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Steedman quadrangle.

Steedman within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Steedman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,069 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Natural4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Steedman: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Kaolin. 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
Bell Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Aiken MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Frick MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 1ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 1ClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Rayflin2.2 miles12
Althea (historical)2.3 miles12
Samaria3.5 miles12
Hall (historical)4.0 miles12
Fairview Crossroads4.2 miles12
Mims5.2 miles12
Chinquapin Falls5.3 miles11
Kneece7.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244398. 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.