BlockBarrelville, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29449. The Survey maps it on the Adams Run quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Adams Run quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Barrelville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,749 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 71 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 | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CAMPER FIRE |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Run | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Willtown Bluff | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gannon (historical) | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Laurel Hill | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Shiloh | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Osborn | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gibson | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| White Point Landing | 5.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231031. 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.