BlockDelta, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cross Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29178. It stands on Padgetts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitmire North 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 Whitmire North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Delta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TYGER RIVER |
| 29 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | DELTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delta in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down in the area around Hickory Nut Hollow Rd and Eaves Rd, with one tree on a barn. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | NWS storm survey found multiple trees snapped or uprooted roughly along and just north of Highway 72 from the Newberry County line to near Carlisle. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | Multiple trees were blown down near Lee Cemetery Rd, with additional trees down on Sardis Rd about 6 miles south of Union. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Goshen Hill | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sartor Town | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ada (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Red Town (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tuckertown | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle | 6.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231221. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.