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Walton, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pomaria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29126. It stands on Second Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pomaria quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walton within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Walton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.4 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsFS400
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsMT. PLEASANT
8 July 1993Missing 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walton (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blair QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Blair QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1908
Blair QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickert QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1908

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
Cravenhill (historical)0.5 miles14
Hayne (historical)3.1 miles14
Glymphville3.6 miles15
Reuben (historical)4.4 miles14
Sondleys (historical)5.1 miles14
Pomaria5.7 miles14
Gilliam Spring (historical)6.1 miles15
Keitts Crossroads6.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228850. 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.