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Hussertown, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29436. The Survey maps it on the Sandridge quadrangle.

Hussertown within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Hussertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,077 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 74 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 burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism74
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2018Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2018Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1997Arson/incendiarism28 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hussertown: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Consolidated Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Consolidated Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Pigeon Bay (historical)1.4 miles18
Black Creek2.0 miles16
Legare (historical)2.2 miles18
Hope (historical)2.8 miles18
Sandridge3.1 miles16
Ebenezer3.5 miles16
Spring Hill3.9 miles18
Mudville (historical)4.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122543197The 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 1234321. 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.