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Hankinson, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29831. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Hankinson within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Hankinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresSavannah River Forestnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken 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 Hankinson: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Cobalt, Manganese. 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
Silver BluffCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Hollow CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Hollow CreekREEOccurrence
Town CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Town CreekREEOccurrence

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Kathwood1.1 miles19
Browns Hill2.3 miles19
Jackson2.4 miles19
Cowden3.6 miles19
Grays Landing4.0 miles19
Twiggs4.6 miles21
Bush (historical)5.5 miles19
Spiderweb5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227913. 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.