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Pattillo, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Walterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29475. The Survey maps it on the Sniders Crossroads quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pattillo within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

380 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Pattillo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,953 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 87 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
Debris and open burning134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined117
Arson/incendiarism87
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton 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 Pattillo (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Consolidated PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Consolidated PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Jeter Sand Pit #3SandUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Colleton 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
Stokes2.8 miles17
Ruffin2.9 miles18
Smyly3.4 miles18
Rhodes Crossroads3.5 miles17
Bells Crossroads4.3 miles16
Hudsons Mill4.4 miles16
Williams5.3 miles18
Colleton7.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1240699. 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.