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Camp Gravatt, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Monetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29805. It stands on Gully Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foxtown quadrangle.

Camp Gravatt within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Camp Gravatt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,729 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning78
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Camp Gravatt: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayPast Producer
Bell Kaolin MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified ProspectsClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

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
Foxtown1.9 miles16
Jones Crossroads2.9 miles11
Oak Grove3.3 miles16
Merritts Bridge (historical)3.5 miles16
Camp Long4.5 miles16
Plunket (historical)4.6 miles16
Earle (historical)5.6 miles16
New Holland5.9 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 Q122568766The 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 1231127. 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.