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Peckwoods, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29020. It lies near Hobkirk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Camden North quadrangle.

Peckwoods within Kershaw County

On record in Peckwoods

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Peckwoods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,473 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined91
Debris and open burning75
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Peckwoods: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, 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
Hasskamp MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Wateree RiverIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Kershaw 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
Cool Springs0.3 miles20
Kirkland0.4 miles20
Lafayette Village0.4 miles20
Edgewood0.6 miles20
Sandy Springs0.7 miles20
Sunnyhill1.2 miles19
Spalding (historical)1.4 miles20
Hillsdale1.5 miles20

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 Q122541403The 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 1235170. 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.