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Dutchman, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pauline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29335. It stands on Wiley Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cross Anchor quadrangle.

Dutchman within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Dutchman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1997Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Dutchman: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Gold, 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
Tyger River No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Nott MineGoldPast Producer
Ophir MineGoldPast Producer
West Mine/Bogan OphirGoldUnknownVein
Allen #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
C. Casey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hanna #1, #2, #3 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hines-Suber MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
JohnsonVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Providence MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Evinsville4.6 miles12
Glenn Springs4.9 miles14
Walnut Grove5.2 miles14
Hobbyville5.6 miles12
Millville (historical)6.3 miles14
Crows (historical)6.4 miles12
Pauline6.5 miles14
Cross Anchor6.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248030. 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.