BlockBelle Isle Estates, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown South quadrangle.
On record in Belle Isle Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Battery Whitelisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Georgetown South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Georgetown South quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Georgetown South quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Belle Isle Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,070 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Belle Isle Estates: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Tract Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Meurisena Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Isle Gardens | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| White Hall Estates | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| San Miguel De Gualdape (historical) | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Maryville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Strawberry | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Denny Corner | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Friendfield | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Moyd | 4.6 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562874 | 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 1232255. 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.