BlockBlack, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29653. The Survey maps it on the Shoals Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Shoals Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Black between 1992 and 2017, burning about 754 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Black: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Iron, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saluda Mine | Copper, Iron, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Saluda Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Stratiform | |
| Unknown | Copper | Past Producer | Stratabound Discordant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoals Junction | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tinsley | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Algary (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Simmons | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hodges | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Jones (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ware Shoals | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cokesbury | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234051. 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.