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Dorchee, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eutawville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29048. It stands on Eutaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eutawville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dorchee within Orangeburg County

On record in Dorchee

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

11 surveys from 17 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

498 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 498 fires within 5 miles of Dorchee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,981 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 60 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 burning193
Missing data/not specified/undetermined160
Arson/incendiarism60
Smoking35
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dorchee (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Cross QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orangeburg 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
Eutaw Springs0.8 miles17
Ferguson Landing1.2 miles17
Ferguson (historical)1.3 miles17
Fountain Lake1.9 miles17
Little Belvidere2.3 miles17
Eutawville3.3 miles17
Possum Town3.5 miles17
Green Town3.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242596. 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.