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Westgate, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29170. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbia quadrangle.

Westgate within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

423 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Westgate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined209
Misuse of fire by a minor82
Debris and open burning57
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Westgate: 10 producers, 9 unknowns, 8 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, 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
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Parkway Place0.9 miles13
Arthur1.0 miles13
Springdale1.1 miles13
Fairhill1.2 miles13
Kings Grant1.3 miles13
Rose Gardens1.3 miles13
Oak Grove1.4 miles13
Woodsen1.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244423. 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.