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Plunket, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29805. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Foxtown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Plunket within Aiken 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Plunket (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,611 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined125
Debris and open burning109
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural23
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Plunket (historical): 15 past producers, 10 producers, 9 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
Edisto MineKaolinProducer
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Aiken County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County MineClayProducer
Aiken County Mine & MillClayProducer
Aiken County Mine Number 3ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 3ClayPast Producer
Brodie Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Camp Long0.2 miles16
Merritts Bridge (historical)1.4 miles16
Earle (historical)2.8 miles16
Seiglers Crossroads3.1 miles16
Foxtown3.5 miles16
Camp Gravatt4.6 miles16
Croft5.9 miles18
New Holland6.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236487. 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.