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Drawdy, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Walterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29488. The Survey maps it on the Hendersonville quadrangle.

Drawdy within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

570 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 570 fires within 5 miles of Drawdy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,834 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 91 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 burning240
Missing data/not specified/undetermined210
Arson/incendiarism91
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Drawdy: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mine 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Walker Waterboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walkerboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Colleton 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
Thayer1.9 miles17
Pringle Bend2.0 miles17
Neyles3.9 miles17
Ritter4.0 miles17
Walterboro4.5 miles17
Catholic Hill5.3 miles17
Drigger Crossroads6.1 miles17
Ashepoo Crossing6.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231238. 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.