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Briarwood, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29485. The Survey maps it on the Stallsville quadrangle.

Briarwood within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

416 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Briarwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,999 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined144
Debris and open burning107
Arson/incendiarism82
Misuse of fire by a minor71
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
3 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dorchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Briarwood: 5 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 5 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
Evergreen MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evergreen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Murray MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayPast Producer
Dorchester Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayPast Producer
Newington Mine & MillClayPast Producer
Newington PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Dorchester 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
Wood Oak Park0.4 miles18
Centerville0.5 miles18
Woodlawn0.5 miles18
Laurel Hill0.6 miles18
Stallsville0.6 miles18
Quail Arbor0.6 miles18
Greenhurst0.7 miles18
Oak Knoll Estates0.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241053. 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.