BlockDelmar, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Batesburg-Leesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29070. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Delmar quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Delmar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Murray Shores | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Holston Crossroads | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wyses Ferry | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Willing | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Merchant (historical) | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hibernia | 9.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231220. 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.