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Twin Lakes, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29483. It stands on Hurricane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeville quadrangle.

Twin Lakes within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

426 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 426 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,828 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 93 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 burning152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined130
Arson/incendiarism93
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burning4.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2001Debris and open burning4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Knightsville MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Knightsville MineClayPast Producer
Newington Mine & MillClayPast Producer
Newington PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Salisbury MineClayProducer
Becker Sand and Gravel Co., Div. OfSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edista No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murray MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Summerville 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
Scotch Range Estates1.1 miles17
Cotton Hill1.8 miles19
Sweetbriar1.9 miles19
Summerset Acres2.0 miles17
Knightsville2.0 miles19
Slandsville2.3 miles18
Indian Springs2.6 miles18
Pecan Grove2.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241253. 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.