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Wyses Ferry, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Saluda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29127. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.

Wyses Ferry within Saluda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Wyses Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 7 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saluda County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wyses Ferry: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Mica. 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
Culbreath MineGoldPast Producer
Kuykendall ProspectMicaProspect
Saluda River MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda River MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saluda 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
Corinth (historical)1.8 miles12
Lake Murray Shores6.5 miles14
Merchant (historical)6.5 miles12
Denny7.1 miles12
Delmar7.5 miles12
Hickory Grove7.6 miles12
Higgins8.1 miles12
Mount Willing8.5 miles12

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 Q122590871The 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 1232648. 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.