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Morgan, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hardeeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29927. The Survey maps it on the Hardeeville quadrangle.

Morgan within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,397 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined157
Debris and open burning100
Arson/incendiarism82
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Natural100 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouth 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Purry MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jordan Mine - Highway 46SandUnknownSedimentary
Keiffer MinesSandProducerSedimentary

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
Hardeeville1.2 miles17
Purysburgh2.0 miles17
Purysburgh Landing2.1 miles17
Mill Stone Landing2.3 miles17
Baker Hill5.2 miles17
Deerfield5.5 miles15
Limehouse6.3 miles15
Okatie6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231561. 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.