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East Camden, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29020. It stands on Thomas Branch. The Survey maps it on the Camden North quadrangle. 3,215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

East Camden within Kershaw County

On record in East Camden

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

280 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of East Camden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined98
Debris and open burning95
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking20
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Camden: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, 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
Hasskamp MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Wateree RiverIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
White Gardens0.2 miles20
Forest Heights0.5 miles20
Fairfax0.5 miles20
Du Bose Park0.7 miles18
Millbank (historical)1.1 miles20
Norris Heights1.1 miles20
Arrowwood1.2 miles20
Hermitage Mill1.2 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on East CamdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108649479The 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 2807062. 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.