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Dutch Fork, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Walhalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29696. The Survey maps it on the Walhalla quadrangle.

Dutch Fork within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Dutch Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
27 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Smokingunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTUNNEL
8 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Natural20 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsSAWMILL
19 August 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dutch Fork: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Keith DepositMicaOccurrence
Unnamed Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Oconee QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Oconee Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walhalla QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Walhalla QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
West Union0.3 miles20
Walhalla0.9 miles20
Colonial Heights1.1 miles20
Burns Mill1.1 miles20
Crystal Falls1.3 miles20
Springdale1.3 miles20
Oakmont1.6 miles20
Eastcliff1.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242969. 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.