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Deaswood, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29206. It stands on Pen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle.

Deaswood within Richland County

On record in Deaswood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Deaswood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined62
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Natural1
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
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2016Fireworks3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Deaswood: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Thorium. 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
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Duncan Lakes MineClayProducer
Laborde PitClayProducer
Stork Firebrick Works PitClayPast ProducerKaolin

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Kilbourne Park0.8 miles24
Gregg Park0.8 miles24
Kilbourne Heights0.9 miles24
Millwood1.0 miles17
Lakeview1.2 miles24
Heathwood1.2 miles17
Forest Acres1.4 miles24
Boyden Arbor1.6 miles24

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 Q122542332The 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 1249041. 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.