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Kent, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Andrews census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. The Survey maps it on the Olin quadrangle.

Kent within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Kent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,953 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 66 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined103
Debris and open burning92
Arson/incendiarism66
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown 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 Kent: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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
M & T Chemicals/ Andrews, S.C.ZirconiumPlant
Olin QuadrangleTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winyah Block Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kent in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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 2016Thunderstorm WindKent$1,000A tree was reportedly down on Gapway Road near Ethridge Road.

Every storm recorded in Georgetown 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
Olin1.0 miles9
Bethel1.0 miles9
Puncheon Creek1.8 miles9
Green Bay2.2 miles9
Oak Grove3.2 miles9
Italy3.4 miles9
Pleasant Grove4.1 miles9
Forbes Corner4.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227929. 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.