BlockCollins Creek, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29458. The Survey maps it on the South Santee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Santee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS South Santee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Collins Creek between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,879 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 73 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | 5.4 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | not named |
| 21 July 1998 | Natural | 26 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | OLD DODGE |
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 Collins Creek: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Santee Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Santee | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Germantown | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wambaw Corner | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Moores Corner | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| McClellanville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tibwin | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Thompson Corner | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Laurel Hill Plantation | 10.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231185. 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.