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Oak Creek, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29072. It stands on Kinley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.

Oak Creek within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined138
Misuse of fire by a minor67
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural2
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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder 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 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer
Broad River ShaleClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary

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
Quail Hollow1.0 miles21
Woodland Hills1.1 miles20
Gardendale1.1 miles20
Grenadier1.3 miles20
Varnarsdale1.3 miles20
Pineglen1.3 miles20
Laurel Meadows1.5 miles20
Spring Lake1.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244292. 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.