BlockBlue Heron, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29576. It stands on Allston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookgreen quadrangle.
On record in Blue Heron
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.
Parrish's Motor Courtlisted 2017 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Brookgreen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Blue Heron between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,152 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Creek | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Captains Cove | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Inlet Oaks Village | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Live Oaks | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Huntington Marsh | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside Forest | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wachesaw Place | 1.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232267. 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.