BlockBerlin, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29137. The Survey maps it on the Wagener quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Seivern quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Wagener quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
247 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,405 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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 | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wagener | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chaffee (historical) | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Seivern | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Salley | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Barefoot | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Rawls | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Holland Crossroads | 9.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246750. 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.