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Dinkins Mill, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rembert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. It stands on Little Rafting Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rembert quadrangle.

Dinkins Mill within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

334 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Dinkins Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,662 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 burning160
Missing data/not specified/undetermined108
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Dinkins Mill: 7 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Clay. 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
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Sumters LandingIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harvin Sand + Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Ellerbees Mill1.9 miles19
Horatio2.1 miles19
Hagood2.3 miles19
Sanders Corner2.6 miles19
Catchall3.2 miles16
Springbank Hills3.4 miles14
Borden3.5 miles16
Hillcrest3.7 miles16

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 Q122595536The 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 1231228. 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.