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Wedgefield, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29681. It stands on Little Gilder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mauldin quadrangle.

Wedgefield within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

63 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Wedgefield between 1993 and 2017, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 Wedgefield: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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
Gillard CreekIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Heritage Lakes0.5 miles12
Walkers Crossing0.7 miles12
Asheton1.1 miles12
Five Forks1.3 miles14
Molly Tree Plantation1.6 miles12
Chaunessy1.7 miles12
Ricelan Creek1.7 miles12
Oak Creek1.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245636. 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.