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Dyson, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ninety Six census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29666. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dyson quadrangle.

Dyson within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Dyson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 555 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking1
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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning100 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dyson: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Jones Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Ninety Six MineClayProducer
Ninety Six Mine EastClayUnknownMetamorphic
Ninety Six Mine WestClayUnknownMetamorphic
Werts Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dyson in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2002Thunderstorm WindDyson$2,000Several large trees and some power lines were blown down.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindDyson-Public reported several trees blown down near Lake Greenwood.

Every storm recorded in Greenwood 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
Greenwood Shores1.4 miles12
Godsey1.9 miles12
Colonial Heights4.8 miles15
Cherry Hill4.9 miles15
Ninety Six4.9 miles15
Cambridge (historical)5.0 miles15
Springdale5.2 miles15
Cambridge6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227894. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.