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Twelvemile, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29527. It stands on Red Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dongola quadrangle.

Twelvemile within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Twelvemile between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,028 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 99 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
Arson/incendiarism99
Debris and open burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2016Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Twelvemile: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Bird QuarryStoneProducer
Buck MineSandProducerSedimentary
G and C QuarryCalciumProducer
Wacca Dee MineLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Alice MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Alice MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
G and C Mine (G&G Mine)Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Horry 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
Bunker Hill0.8 miles8
Burgan (historical)1.0 miles8
Pee Dee Crossroads1.2 miles8
Singleton Crossroads1.2 miles8
Hendricks Corner1.5 miles8
Burgan2.1 miles8
Forney2.2 miles8
Canon Hill2.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231874. 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.