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Dutchman Acres, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29170. It stands on Pole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle.

Dutchman Acres within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

758 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 758 fires within 5 miles of Dutchman Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,169 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined377
Debris and open burning142
Misuse of fire by a minor125
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking16
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
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
8 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Dutchman Acres: 15 producers, 9 unknowns, 8 past producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium. 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
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Columbia Pit EastSilicaProducer
Columbia WorksSilicaProducer
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Sox MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Cedarwood0.9 miles13
South Congaree1.0 miles13
Styx (historical)1.4 miles13
Three Fountains1.4 miles13
Crystal View1.5 miles13
Cedar Estates1.5 miles13
Hamlet South1.8 miles13
Congaree Gardens2.0 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122553503The 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 1244163. 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.