BlockBrowns Landing, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Millett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29836. It stands on Swift Gut. The Survey maps it on the Millett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Ellenton quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1964 USGS Millett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Browns Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,004 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE008 |
| 26 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE007 |
| 26 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Natural | 61 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Browns Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hell Landing | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Millett | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Averill | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Martin | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Johnsons Landing | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Steel Creek Landing | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Baldock | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Concord Crossroads | 7.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231090. 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.