BlockCambridge, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ninety Six census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29666. It stands on Tolbert Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ninety Six quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Cambridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ninety Six National Historic SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Ninety-Six quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ninety-Six quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Cambridge (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Colonial Heights | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ninety Six | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Godsey | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Hill | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Epworth | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dominicks (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fairforest | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234063. 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.