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Windsor Lake Park, South Carolina

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

Windsor Lake Park 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Windsor Lake Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined64
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Smoking8
Natural3
Fireworks1
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 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth 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 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Windsor Lake Park: 7 past producers, 2 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
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pontiac Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Crane Creek PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Richland County MinesClayProducer
Stork Firebrick Works PitClayPast ProducerKaolin

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
Huntington0.4 miles24
Tanglewood0.5 miles24
East Lake Hills0.5 miles24
Woodfield Park0.8 miles24
Wedgewood0.9 miles24
Dentsville0.9 miles24
Springwood0.9 miles24
Woodfield1.0 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122572380The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249427. 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.