BlockChisolms, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sheldon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29940. It stands on Briars Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Chisolms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 117 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 117 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 87 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briars | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Gaza (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Dale | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lobeco | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Chisolm | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Gardens Corner | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Radnor (historical) | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Coosaw | 5.7 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122572819 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237166. 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.