BlockChaffee, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29164. The Survey maps it on the Seivern quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Seivern quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Seivern quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Chaffee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,200 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 37 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 | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 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 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chaffee (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seivern | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wagener | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Barefoot | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| New Holland Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Holland | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Rawls | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Berlin | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Perry | 6.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236279. 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.