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Dornville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCormick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. It stands on Blue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterseat quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dornville within McCormick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Dornville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Smoking3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dornville (historical): 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Copper. 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
Abernathy and Kehaya/Dorn MineManganesePast Producer1942
Barite HillGold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerPyrite, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Butler ProspectBarium-Barite, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1860
Jennings MineGold, CopperUnknown1860
Dorn MineGold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein/Stratabound
Dorn MineGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Self MineGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1860
Barite HillGoldPast Producer1984, 1991
Butler ProspectGoldOccurrence
Self MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCormick 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
McCormick2.8 miles16
Liberty Hill3.6 miles16
Whites Cross Roads (historical)4.4 miles16
Whitetown4.5 miles16
Parks Mill4.6 miles16
Winterseat4.7 miles16
Plum Branch4.9 miles16
Cedar Hill4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241318. 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.