BlockBoiling Spring, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Neeses census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29107. The Survey maps it on the North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1946 USGS Woodford quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1988 USGS North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Boiling Spring (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,942 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 23 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Neeses | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hill | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| North | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bolen Town | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Norway | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wolfton | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sawyerdale | 7.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242523. 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.