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Sedgefield, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29445. The Survey maps it on the Ladson quadrangle.

Sedgefield within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Sedgefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning39
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sedgefield: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
C G Rowland ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Ararat0.5 miles23
Harbour Lake0.5 miles23
Poppenheim Crossing0.6 miles23
Willowbrook0.9 miles23
Saint James Estates1.0 miles23
Goose Creek1.2 miles23
The Oaks1.3 miles23
Menriv Park1.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234622. 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.