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Fenwick, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29452. It lies near Pine Island. The Survey maps it on the Fenwick quadrangle.

Fenwick within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Fenwick between 1993 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
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
6 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAce Basin National Wildlife RefugeCAMPER FIRE
21 July 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2008Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2002Naturalunder an acreAce Basin National Wildlife RefugeCOURT
30 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use65 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAce Basin National Wildlife RefugeWILLTOWN
17 April 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fenwick: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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
Airy Hall Peat MinePeatProducerSedimentary
Green Pond MinePeatUnknownSedimentary
T.T. Mine (Ti Ti Mine)PeatProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Colleton 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
Ashepoo Siding2.8 miles18
Wiggins5.9 miles18
Bennetts Point6.3 miles18
Ashepoo8.1 miles18
Jacksonboro8.2 miles16
Seabrook9.0 miles18
Hickory Hill9.5 miles18
Green Pond10.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231279. 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.