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Lakewood, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29072. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle.

Lakewood within Lexington County

On record in Lakewood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

410 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 410 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 546 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined214
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Debris and open burning66
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
Casparis Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1902
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Twelve Mile CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Epting Ballanger Roland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Lakeland0.7 miles12
Lexington0.8 miles13
Coventry Woods0.9 miles13
Lexington Woods1.0 miles13
Heritage Hills1.1 miles13
Murray Forest1.7 miles20
Providence1.9 miles14
Rollingwood2.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244232. 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.