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Vandale Place, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29626. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Vandale Place within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Vandale Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Smoking6.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson 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 Vandale Place: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect
North Rabon CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unnamed Crushed Stone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerGranite Pluton

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Mountain Creek1.3 miles14
Pine Forest1.3 miles14
Indian Trail1.4 miles14
Chambert Forest1.5 miles14
Rucker Court1.5 miles14
Cloverdale1.8 miles14
Greenbriar2.5 miles14
Green Acres2.6 miles14

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 Q122597187The 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 1233539. 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.