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Mitchellville, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29936. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeland quadrangle.

Mitchellville within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

823 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 823 fires within 5 miles of Mitchellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,656 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 184 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/undetermined304
Debris and open burning280
Arson/incendiarism184
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mitchellville: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Cleckley Number 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mine # 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Ridgeland1.4 miles15
Grahamville1.7 miles15
Switzerland2.5 miles15
Ricetown4.0 miles19
Old House5.1 miles15
Boyd5.2 miles15
Nevadum5.5 miles15
Tillman6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231551. 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.