BlockCedar Grove, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. It stands on Chapel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 399 acres in total. 3 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 | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Estates | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| York Terrace | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gayle Mill | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chester | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eureka Mills | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brooklyn | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Eureka Mill | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Springwood Lakes | 2.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230645. 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.