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Windtree, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29860. The Survey maps it on the North Augusta quadrangle.

Windtree within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Windtree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined133
Debris and open burning74
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Other causes6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Smoking2

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 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken 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 Windtree: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillside Spring MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Williams Landscaping Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Coventry0.4 miles20
Heatherwood1.3 miles20
Pinewood Plantation1.3 miles20
Sweetwater1.6 miles20
Bonnie Glen1.6 miles20
Pineview Estates1.6 miles20
Shannon1.8 miles20
Barclay Estates1.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236594. 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.