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Deloach, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Boykin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29020. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deloach within Kershaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Deloach (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking11
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Deloach (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hasskamp MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Ancrum FerryIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Mccaskill CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Cantys Lane1.4 miles18
Stockton (historical)2.4 miles18
Hammond2.9 miles18
Tickle Hill3.4 miles18
Paint Hill4.0 miles18
Ellerbee (historical)4.0 miles18
Hermitage Mill4.2 miles18
Boykin4.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235353. 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.