Sumter Junction, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sumter Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29168. The Survey maps it on the Poinsett State Park quadrangle.
On record in Sumter Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Singleton's Graveyardlisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Eastover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Poinsett State Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Sumter Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 965 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 72 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sumter Junction: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Wedgefield Waterree Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Foxville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wedgewood | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wedgefield | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Milford | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dixie Crossing | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Harvins Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cane Savannah | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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 Q122563683 | The 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 1231845. 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.








