Varennes, South Carolina

13 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 29624. It stands on Nesbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saylors Crossroads quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Varennes within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Saylors Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Varennes (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined	48
Debris and open burning	34
Arson/incendiarism	15
Smoking	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Other causes	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Smoking	6.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	KUDZU ROAD HAY BALES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Varennes (historical): 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Iron, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beaver Creek	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Vein Outcrop Exposure
J A Jones Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Anderson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	1973
Anderson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Clover Hill	1.5 miles	14
Meadow Fields	1.7 miles	14
Broadview Estates	1.8 miles	13
Gladstone Acres	2.0 miles	14
Christopher Heights	2.2 miles	14
Fernwood	2.2 miles	14
Lone Oak Estates	2.3 miles	13
Flat Rock	2.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251736. 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.