BlockBroad River Bluff, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Beaufort-Port Royal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29906. It lies near Corn Island. The Survey maps it on the Laurel Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Laurel Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Broad River Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 575 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Farm | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Quail Ridge | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| River Reach | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Oakmont | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Chesterfield | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Colonial Heights | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| White Oaks | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Fields | 1.7 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122550326 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237152. 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.