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Vaughanville, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chappells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29037. The Survey maps it on the Dyson quadrangle.

Vaughanville within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Vaughanville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry 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 Vaughanville: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Vermiculite. 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
Verenes TractVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Newberry County MineClayUnknown
Newbery County MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Newberry 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
Mudlick2.9 miles13
Scurry3.2 miles12
Chappells5.0 miles12
Oldtown (historical)8.5 miles12
Longshore9.1 miles13
Trinity9.4 miles12
Bush River9.7 miles13
Silverstreet10.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251294. 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.