Dovesville, South Carolina
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Society Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29540. The Survey maps it on the Dovesville quadrangle. 827 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Dovesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
280 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Dovesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,364 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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 burning | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dovesville: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckholtz Creek | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Darington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Darington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dovesville in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $6,000 | Six trees were reported down on Mont Clare Road. The time was estimated by radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $3,000 | Three trees were reported down on Flatnose Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $3,000 | Trees were reportedly down on Jeffords Mill Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $3,000 | Trees were reportedly down on Mont Clare Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on N Governor Williams Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly in the roadway at the intersection of Jeffords Mill Road and Mont Clare Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of U.S. 52 and Dovesville Highway. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Dovesville | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Running Brook Rd. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Dovesville | - | Around two inches of rain produced street flooding at 3948 Running Brook Rd. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dovesville | - | An AWOS measured a 58 mph wind gust at the Darlington Jetport. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Leavensworth (historical) | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Gandy | 3.4 miles | 6 | |
| Mont Clare | 3.9 miles | 6 | |
| Antioch | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Auburn | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Lumber (historical) | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Springville (historical) | 4.7 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dovesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108581938 | The 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 1247556. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



