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Kathwood, 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.

Kathwood 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Kathwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 845 acres in total. 5 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural5
Smoking4
Other causes2
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
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 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 2015Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 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 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 Kathwood: 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

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kathwood in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKathwood$8,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down along Atomic Road and other areas of southeast Aiken county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKathwood$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Old Jackson Highway and Old Nail Road. Small hail was also observed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKathwood$1,000Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Silver Bluff Landing off Old Jackson road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKathwood-Trees down at Atomic Rd and Double Springs Rd between Beech Island and Jackson. Time estimated.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKathwood-Sheriff dispatch reported trees down near the intersection of Silver Bluff Rd and Foreman Rd.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKathwood-Highway patrol reported a tree in the roadway at the intersection of Atomic Rd and Double Springs Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindKathwood-Spotter relayed a report from Beech Island FD of a tree down on power lines on Old Jackson Hwy at Silver Bluff Rd and at Old Jackson Hwy at Kathwood Rd. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKathwood-Trees down at Atomic Rd and Silver Bluff Rd. Time estimated.

Every storm 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
Hankinson1.1 miles19
Browns Hill1.1 miles19
Jackson3.3 miles19
Twiggs3.5 miles21
Spiderweb4.6 miles19
Cowden4.7 miles19
Grays Landing5.0 miles19
Hollow Creek5.3 miles19

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 Q122596325The 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 1246219. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.