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Swinton, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sumter North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29153. It stands on Horsepen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sumter West quadrangle.

Swinton within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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 Swinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,427 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 burning155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Swinton: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Smg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francis Moise ProspectIronProspect
White's Mill ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Beckwood1.8 miles17
Dalzell1.9 miles16
Brent2.5 miles16
Bradford2.5 miles17
Pecan Acres2.8 miles16
Jefferson Park2.8 miles16
Dinkins3.2 miles17
Quinns Crossroad3.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244739. 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.