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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.

Dovesville within Darlington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

280 since 1992

Regional 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 burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darlington 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buckholtz CreekTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Darington PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Darington PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Darlington County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDovesville$6,000Six trees were reported down on Mont Clare Road. The time was estimated by radar data.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDovesville$3,000Three trees were reported down on Flatnose Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDovesville$3,000Trees were reportedly down on Jeffords Mill Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDovesville$3,000Trees were reportedly down on Mont Clare Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDovesville$1,000A tree was reported down on N Governor Williams Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDovesville$1,000A tree was reportedly in the roadway at the intersection of Jeffords Mill Road and Mont Clare Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDovesville$1,000A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of U.S. 52 and Dovesville Highway.
May 2020HailDovesville-Quarter size hail was reported on Running Brook Rd.
June 2014Heavy RainDovesville-Around two inches of rain produced street flooding at 3948 Running Brook Rd.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDovesville-An AWOS measured a 58 mph wind gust at the Darlington Jetport.

Every storm recorded in Darlington 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
Floyd2.2 miles7
Leavensworth (historical)2.5 miles6
Gandy3.4 miles6
Mont Clare3.9 miles6
Antioch4.2 miles6
Auburn4.7 miles6
Lumber (historical)4.7 miles6
Springville (historical)4.7 miles7

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 DovesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108581938The 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.