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Hammond, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Boykin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. The Survey maps it on the Camden South quadrangle.

Hammond within Kershaw County

On record in Hammond

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

10 surveys from 18 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 696 acres in total. 7 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
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burning14 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hammond: 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Ancrum FerryIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Mccaskill CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harvin Sand + Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

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
Stockton (historical)0.9 miles18
Boykin1.6 miles19
Ellerbee (historical)1.8 miles18
Cantys Lane1.9 miles18
Deloach (historical)2.9 miles18
Pecan Grove6.2 miles18
Pecan Orchard6.3 miles18
Tickle Hill6.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231360. 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.