BlockAlcot, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stokes Bridge-Cypress Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29010. The Survey maps it on the Kellytown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kellytown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Alcot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,506 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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 burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alcot in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alcot | $18,000 | Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down countywide. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alcot | - | Department of Highways reported a tree down along Lee State Park Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alcot | - | SCHP reported tree down blocking the roadway at US Hwy 1 and Lee State Park Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alcot | - | Several trees reported down in Lee State Park, along with hail that ranged from pea to penny sized. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherly (historical) | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shannon Hill | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cypress Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bishopville | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kiffs Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Thursa | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ashland | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wisacky | 7.1 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Alcot | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116980291 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227861. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.