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Dawkins, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29015. It stands on Wilkinsons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jenkinsville quadrangle.

Dawkins within Fairfield 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Dawkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 451 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning24
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.4 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsFS400
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsMT. PLEASANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dawkins: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, 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
Blair QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Blair QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickert QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1908
Blair QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1908
Monticello QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1975, 1978

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Sueville (historical)2.4 miles15
Strother3.0 miles15
Monticello3.7 miles15
Rock Creek4.0 miles14
Blair4.8 miles15
Salem Crossroads5.9 miles14
Parr6.5 miles15
Lylesford (historical)7.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231215. 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.