BlockCenterville, South Carolina
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Latta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29565. The Survey maps it on the Dillon West quadrangle.
On record in Centerville
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.
- Joel Allen Houselisted 1974 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillon West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallory | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bingham | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dalcho | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dothan | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Manning Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Bunker Hill | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Forrest Hills | 5.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227882. 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.