BlockCherry Point Landing, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bluffton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29909. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.
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.
- 1920 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Point Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,061 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinckney Colony | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Baileys Landing | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Barrell Landing | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Chelsea | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Copp Landing | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fripp Landing | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pinckney Landing | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Riverdale | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231163. 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.