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Wildewood, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pontiac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29223. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle.

Wildewood within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Wildewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined88
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking9
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2016Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wildewood: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Duncan Lakes MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Kershaw County MinesClayProducer
Loveless & Loveless Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Pontiac Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trip Construction Co. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Trip PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unidentified Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Unnamed Clay Pit.ClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Huntcliff0.4 miles24
Royal Pines Estates1.6 miles23
Chimney Ridge1.6 miles23
Green Springs2.1 miles23
North Springs2.1 miles23
Briarwood2.2 miles24
Pontiac2.2 miles23
North Crossing2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249422. 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.