BlockAntioch, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Edgefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29824. The Survey maps it on the Red Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Red Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LINE TREE |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Crossroads | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| West Store Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Millers Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Brunson Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Colliers | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cleora | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Edgefield | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ropers Crossroads | 6.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228969. 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.