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White Plains, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Williamston-Pelzer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29669. The Survey maps it on the Piercetown quadrangle.

White Plains within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of White Plains between 1992 and 2019, burning about 362 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of White Plains: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mica, 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
D J Tucker DepositMicaOccurrence
Henderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
River Road PlantSandProducerSedimentary
Piedmont DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saluda River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Piercetown3.4 miles17
West Pelzer3.8 miles10
Piedmont4.1 miles10
Pelzer4.6 miles10
Williamston4.8 miles9
Windward Trail6.7 miles17
Cheddar6.8 miles9
Hampton Acres7.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231917. 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.