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The Forest, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dutch Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29212. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.

The Forest within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of The Forest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 280 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of The Forest: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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
Columbia North QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Harbison QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Dreyfus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harbison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Columbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer
Broad River ShaleClayPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Bonnie Forest0.7 miles20
Lost Creek1.6 miles20
Homewood Terrace1.9 miles21
Dutch Village2.1 miles20
Mandel Park2.2 miles21
Mandel Hall2.3 miles21
Raintree Acres2.4 miles20
Brook Pines2.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249387. 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.