BlockCold Spring, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29620. The Survey maps it on the Abbeville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Abbeville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring between 1992 and 2018, burning about 235 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iris | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Buck Stand | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Central-Shiloh | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fairs Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gilgal | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Darraugh | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Abbeville | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dover (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229050. 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.