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Twiggs, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Beech Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29831. It stands on Neal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Twiggs within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Twiggs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 687 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2015Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Twiggs: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Aiken County DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879, 1955
Hollow CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Town CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Hollow CreekREEOccurrence
Town CreekREEOccurrence

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
Browns Hill2.3 miles19
Beech Island2.9 miles21
Spiderweb3.1 miles19
Savanna Town (historical)3.1 miles21
Kathwood3.5 miles19
Hankinson4.6 miles19
Pembrook4.7 miles19
Hollow Creek5.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242272. 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.