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Norman Landing, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29472. The Survey maps it on the Cottageville quadrangle.

Norman Landing within Dorchester 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

400 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Norman Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,693 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined153
Debris and open burning141
Arson/incendiarism80
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Norman Landing: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Sandpit Road MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Sandy Run MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Edista No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edisto MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edisto PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Givhans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Givhans PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Givhans4.2 miles17
Coachmans Corners5.8 miles16
Russell Lake Landing5.9 miles16
Gettysville6.2 miles16
Canaan6.2 miles16
Scotch Range Estates6.9 miles17
Twin Lakes7.2 miles17
Clubhouse Crossroads7.5 miles16

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 Q122562826The 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 1231595. 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.