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Sumei Circle, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29045. It stands on Kelly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle.

Sumei Circle within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

372 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Sumei Circle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,287 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined145
Debris and open burning133
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking17
Natural5
Other causes2
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 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning70 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Other causes15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sumei Circle: 11 unknowns, 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blaney Sand PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer1981
Camden PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherokee PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kershaw County Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown1981
Lugoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Lugoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Screaming Eagle Rd. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Coleman MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Coleman MineClayPast Producer
Duncan Lakes MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Spears Creek1.9 miles18
Meadow View2.4 miles18
Green Valley2.4 miles18
McCaskill2.7 miles18
Jeffers Place3.0 miles23
Blaney Hills3.1 miles23
White Hills3.2 miles23
Beaver Creek3.3 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122538923The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235221. 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.