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Waringville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29472. It lies near Rosom Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clubhouse Crossroads quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waringville within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Waringville (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 825 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Natural1
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
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1998Arson/incendiarism94 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dorchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Waringville (historical): 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Fishburne Creek MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Becker Sand and Gravel Co., Div. OfSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Murray MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Summerville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Dorchester 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
Canaan2.3 miles16
Westoe2.5 miles18
Coachmans Corners2.6 miles16
Ashley Retreat2.8 miles18
West Oaks3.0 miles18
Sprucewood3.3 miles18
Clubhouse Crossroads3.5 miles16
Slandsville3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241261. 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.