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White Plains, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pageland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29718. It stands on Reedy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle.

White Plains within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of White Plains between 1992 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Other causes1
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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield 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 White Plains: 10 past producers, 8 unknowns, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver. 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
Brewer Gold MineGold, SilverPlant1828
Brewer MineGold, Copper, Silver, Pyrite, Kyanite, Tin, MolybdenumUnknown1828, 1844, 1992
Evans MillStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Pageland Sand Mine #2SandUnknownSedimentary
Topaz Mine Near Brewer MineKyaniteProspect
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Dimension Stone,Granite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Jefferson PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Jefferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gregory MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chesterfield 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
Five Forks3.1 miles12
High Point3.2 miles13
Evans Mill3.8 miles13
Jefferson4.2 miles12
Pageland4.7 miles13
Mangums (historical)5.6 miles13
Crowburg5.6 miles13
Dudley6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235803. 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.