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Black Tom, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29486. The Survey maps it on the Summerville NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Black Tom within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

565 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 565 fires within 5 miles of Black Tom (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,138 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 172 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 burning186
Missing data/not specified/undetermined175
Arson/incendiarism172
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Black Tom (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
BerkeleySandUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Long Ridge0.9 miles18
Sandy Run (historical)1.2 miles18
Wassamassaw (historical)1.3 miles18
New Hope2.8 miles19
Washington Town3.1 miles19
Forest Acres3.3 miles19
Lebanon3.6 miles18
Pine Forest3.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234435. 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.