BlockClear Pond, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Bamberg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29003. The Survey maps it on the Clear Pond quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Olar quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Olar 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
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Clear Pond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Clear Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 731 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2019 | Natural | 45 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clear Pond: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | 1981 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersville (historical) | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hughes | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Springtown | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ehrhardt | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bamberg | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Govan | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Olar | 8.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231174. 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.