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Woodsen, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29170. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle.

Woodsen within Lexington County

On record in Woodsen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

387 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of Woodsen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined182
Misuse of fire by a minor81
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Natural1
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Woodsen: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Duncan Lakes MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Laurel Meadows1.0 miles20
Varnarsdale1.3 miles20
Kings Grant1.3 miles13
Greyland Forest1.3 miles13
Westgate1.6 miles13
Saluda Hills1.6 miles21
Arthur1.7 miles13
Spring Lake1.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244434. 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.