BlockDresden, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Calhoun Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29628. It stands on McKenley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun Falls quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Calhoun Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Dresden (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 538 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dresden (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Falls | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Outcrop Exposure | |
| Richard B. Russell Dam Project Quar | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesnut Hill (historical) | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Watts | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Charleston Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Latimer | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Calhoun Falls | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hester | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Monterey (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Warrenton | 4.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229065. 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.