BlockDothan, South Carolina
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29565. It stands on Old Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillon West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillon West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
222 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Dothan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 41 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 | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dothan in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Centerville | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dillon | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Forrest Hills | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dalcho | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Newtown | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mallory | 4.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236093. 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.