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Camp Oak, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Walhalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29691. It stands on Reece Branch. The Survey maps it on the Walhalla quadrangle.

Camp Oak within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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 Camp Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Natural5.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsDODGE MOUNTAIN
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsKING
4 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsWINDING STAIRS
15 July 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camp Oak: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension. 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
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Flat Shoals1.0 miles20
Tamassee1.7 miles19
Picket Post2.2 miles20
Cheohee3.1 miles19
Forest Acres3.6 miles20
Salem3.7 miles19
Oakmont5.4 miles20
Moody Cove5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229507. 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.