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Sunny Brook, South Carolina

18 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 29847. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.

Sunny Brook within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Brook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,092 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined127
Debris and open burning110
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sunny Brook: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin
Unnamed Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous Intrusion
Culbreath Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Eureka MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Satterfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Satterfield Sand PitSand 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
Baynham (historical)2.2 miles18
Milledgeville (historical)2.3 miles18
Eureka2.7 miles18
Vaucluse4.4 miles19
Springdale5.3 miles19
Rennie (historical)6.8 miles19
Hillview6.8 miles18
Forrest Park6.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251076. 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.