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Westwood, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.

Westwood within Aiken County

On record in Westwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

427 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 427 fires within 5 miles of Westwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 61 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/undetermined134
Debris and open burning107
Misuse of fire by a minor71
Arson/incendiarism61
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking6
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
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
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken 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 Westwood: 18 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Aiken County Pit EastClayPast Producer
Aiken County Pit WestClayPast Producer
China Springs Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Giant Portland MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Aiken Estates0.7 miles18
Conger Woods0.9 miles18
Foxchase1.1 miles19
Silver Bluff Estates1.2 miles18
Cardinal Park1.2 miles18
Deerwood1.3 miles19
Virginia Acres1.5 miles18
Dunbarton Oaks1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236590. 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.