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Kings Grant, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29485. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stallsville quadrangle.

Kings Grant within Dorchester County

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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Kings Grant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 581 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning34
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
18 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dorchester 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 Kings Grant: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Newington Mine & MillClayPast Producer
Newington PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Evergreen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dorchester 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
Greggs Landing0.8 miles18
Plantation Ridge1.1 miles18
Waters Edge1.1 miles18
Dorchester (historical)1.3 miles18
Coventry Place1.3 miles18
Tranquil Acres1.3 miles18
Dorchester Crossing1.5 miles18
Crichton Parish1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241133. 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.