BlockAllentown, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasant Hill-Folly Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. The Survey maps it on the Outland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Outland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Outland quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Allentown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 54 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allentown in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Carvers Bay Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carters Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Good Hope | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Hill | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cribb Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Choppee | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cow Head Landing | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231001. 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.