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Lawton Acres, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29118. It stands on Turkey Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg North quadrangle.

Lawton Acres within Orangeburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

424 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Lawton Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,244 acres in total. 3 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 burning244
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use24
Smoking24
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
29 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lawton Acres: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
No. 6 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gifford-Hill Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Gifford-Hill Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orangeburg 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
Hilldale0.3 miles13
Forest Acres0.3 miles13
Conover Hill0.3 miles13
Hunter Hill0.4 miles13
Turkey Hill0.6 miles13
Dalby Downs0.7 miles13
Moss Hills0.7 miles13
Spring Valley0.8 miles13

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 Q122568310The 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 1242677. 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.