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Warrington, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Westville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29058. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster SE quadrangle.

Warrington within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Warrington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
23 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2008Natural6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2007Natural10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Warrington: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, 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
Carolina Diamond Gray QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Diamond Gray QuarryGranitePast Producer
Parker Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Congaree QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Excelsior Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Liberty Hill QuarryStoneUnknownIgneous
Liberty Hill QuarryStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Stoneboro2.3 miles13
Liberty Hill3.3 miles15
Robinson Crossroad6.7 miles13
Red Hill6.8 miles19
Coats Crossroad7.2 miles13
Flat Rock8.0 miles19
Westville10.1 miles19
Grannys Quarter (historical)11.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235237. 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.