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Texas, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29477. It stands on Lee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.

Texas within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Texas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,469 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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/undetermined124
Debris and open burning114
Arson/incendiarism57
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Texas: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
East Cooper MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Janet PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Grover2.9 miles18
Cow Tail (historical)3.2 miles18
Byrd3.2 miles18
Saint George3.9 miles18
Old Saint George4.1 miles18
Pregnall5.0 miles16
Badham5.3 miles18
Hudsontown5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241247. 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.