BlockBrowntown, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bishopville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29010. It stands on Gum Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bishopville West quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ashwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Bishopville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Browntown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,444 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCutchen (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Spur | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Manville | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hammetts Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bishopville | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Thursa | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Zemp | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rose Hill | 4.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Browntown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108649513 | 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 2807065. 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.