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Dacusville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Easley East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29640. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dacusville quadrangle. 399 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.

Dacusville within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Dacusville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 622 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dacusville: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron. 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
EasleyTitanium, IronUnknown
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thomas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
W.F. Thomas Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dacusville in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailDacusville-Public reported quarter size hail on Saluda View Dr.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDacusville-County comms reported multiple trees blown down and blocking Farris Bridge Rd.
April 2020HailDacusville-Newspaper relayed report of quarter size hail in the Dacusville area.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Law enforcement reported two trees blown down near Dacusville.
March 2017HailDacusville-Public reported ping pong ball size hail along Dacusville Highway.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Sheriffs office reported trees blown down on Hester Store Road. Highway Patrol reported at least one more tree down nearby on Farrs Bridge Rd.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Public reported a few trees blown down in the Dacusville area and points south.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindDacusville-A tree was blown down on Ponders Cemetery Rd.
March 2012HailDacusville-Penny size hail was reported along North Martin Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Ham radio operator reported multiple trees blown down along highways 186 and 135 near Dacusville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Several trees were uprooted or snapped off on Dacusville Rd near the Greenville County line.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Several trees were blown down into the road near the intersection of highways 135 and 186.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Two large pine trees were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Trees were blown down in and to the north of Easley.
May 2008HailDacusville-Nickel size hail was reported on Freeman Bridge Rd and Pace Bridge Rd between Pumpkintown and Dacusville.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Numerous trees and power lines blown down, taking out power for hours across all of Dacusville and parts of Easley.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDacusville-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down as a squall line moved in from the west. Some trees were blown onto roads. The line reached this northeast Pickens County town shortly after 1 am.
April 2009HailDacusville-no account filed
June 2009HailDacusville-no account filed
July 2002HailDacusville-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDacusville-no account filed
April 1998HailDacusville-no account filed
April 1998HailDacusville-no account filed
June 1997HailDacusville-no account filed
June 1997HailDacusville-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDacusville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Ole Salem Estates1.6 miles16
Hendricks1.8 miles16
Beverly Hills2.5 miles16
Olga (historical)4.7 miles15
Montague4.8 miles16
Georgetown5.4 miles16
Briargate5.9 miles16
Cedar Rock6.0 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on DacusvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5207825The 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 1221910. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.