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Palmetto Park, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29483. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.

Palmetto Park within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

578 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 578 fires within 5 miles of Palmetto Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,361 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 107 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/undetermined225
Debris and open burning151
Arson/incendiarism107
Misuse of fire by a minor78
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes1
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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burning4.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Palmetto Park: 6 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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
Evergreen MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evergreen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Janet MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dorchester Brick Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayPast Producer
Dorchester Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayPast Producer
Kenyon Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayPast Producer

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
Flowertown Estates0.3 miles19
Robynwyn0.6 miles19
Brick Yard Trace1.0 miles19
Gadsden Place1.2 miles19
Summerville1.3 miles19
Brownsville1.4 miles19
Meadowbrook1.4 miles19
Azalea Estates1.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241166. 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.