BlockBrocks Mill, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29520. It stands on Little Westfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morven East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Morven East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Morven East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Brocks Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,286 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 41 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 | 151 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | COUNTRY ACRES TRAILER PARK |
| 5 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Brocks Mill: 7 past producers, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Chesterfield Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chesterfield Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Estridge Clay Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Frank Estridge Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gin Creek Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Palmetto Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Paver Mine | Clay | Unknown | 1983 | |
| Phillips Mine | Clay | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Unidentified Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Metamorphic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laneys (historical) | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Robinson | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Thompsons (historical) | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rivers (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Isgett Circle | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chesterfield | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Excelsior (historical) | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Windsor Park | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122543638 | 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 1220981. 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.