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Wallaceville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. It stands on Freshley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chapin quadrangle.

Wallaceville within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Wallaceville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 442 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wallaceville: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Mcmeekin MineClayPast Producer
Mcmeekin Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Richtex MineClayPast Producer
Richtex MineClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallaceville in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024Tornado (EF0)Wallaceville-An EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 75 mph that began near Old Hilton Rd east of Chapin in Richland County continued into Fairfield County after crossing the Broad River near Wateree Creek. The tornado moved generally northeast likely causing damage in an inaccessible area north of the river. Additional tree damage began again along Highway 215. The tornado began turning more easterly, causing additional tree damage near Landis Rd and Highway 269 before dissipating.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWallaceville-SCHP reported trees in roadway on SC 215 (Monticello Rd). Time estimated.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Rock Hill2.7 miles15
Alston4.0 miles16
Richtex4.2 miles18
Jenkinsville4.3 miles15
Jennings5.5 miles18
Parr5.6 miles15
Rion9.4 miles14
Sueville (historical)9.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237100. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.