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The Groves, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29078. The Survey maps it on the Lugoff quadrangle.

The Groves within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of The Groves between 1992 and 2020, burning about 958 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined93
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Other causes1

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
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Other causes15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of The Groves: 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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
Wateree RiverIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cherokee PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kershaw County Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown1981
Lugoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Lugoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Pecan Orchard0.2 miles18
Spring Village0.3 miles18
Woodland Forest0.3 miles18
Pecan Grove0.4 miles18
Pine Land0.8 miles18
Mayfield Acres1.2 miles18
Pepper Ridge1.7 miles18
Lugoff2.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235226. 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.