BlockBritton, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sumter Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29153. The Survey maps it on the Brogdon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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 Sumter quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Brogdon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
368 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Britton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,403 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 65 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 | 144 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 119 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Britton in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | $2,000 | DOT reported a couple of trees down on Britton road off of hwy 521. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | SCDOT reported trees down along Highway 521. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | SCDOT reported trees down along Boulevard Road near Mims Road. |
| September 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Britton | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado, with peak winds of 80 mph, east of Sumter in Sumter County, SC. The tornado began near Mims Rd and London Rd, moved northeast parallel to Camp Branch Rd, and turned northward as it crossed Highway 378 near Plowden Mill Rd. The tornado then turned sharply northwest as it crossed E Brewington Rd and the Rocky Bluff Swamp, then dissipated near Florence Highway south of Goza Rd. The weak tornado snapped the trunks of several pine trees, uprooted another pine tree, and snapped several tree limbs along its path. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | SC Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway on Cowboy Lane at the intersection with Boulevard Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Concord Estates | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Leawood | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Brogdon | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Acres | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tiller Circle | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Brunsons Store | 3.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220968. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.