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Whitetown, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCormick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29845. The Survey maps it on the Parksville quadrangle.

Whitetown within McCormick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Whitetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined70
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Smoking3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Whitetown: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Barium-Barite, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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
Butler ProspectBarium-Barite, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1860
Plum Branch QuarryStoneUnknownMetamorphic
Self MineGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1860
Barite HillGoldPast Producer1984, 1991
Butler ProspectGoldOccurrence
Self MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCormick 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
Parks Mill1.0 miles16
Plum Branch2.8 miles16
Bethany (historical)3.2 miles16
Dornville (historical)4.5 miles16
Liberty Hill4.6 miles16
Parksville5.0 miles16
Whites Cross Roads (historical)5.3 miles16
McCormick5.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230493. 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.