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Clarkson, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. The Survey maps it on the Armenia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clarkson within Chester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 454 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Natural4

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Smoking3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1999Natural46 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Clarkson (historical): 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lowrys QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1981
Lowrys QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chester County MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chester 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
Calvin (historical)2.1 miles15
Armenia2.4 miles15
Wilksburg4.5 miles13
Lowrys4.8 miles15
Dinber6.4 miles15
Baton Rouge6.6 miles12
Cabal6.7 miles16
Cedar Grove7.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230669. 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.