BlockDunbar, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29525. The Survey maps it on the Clio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Clio quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Dunbar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 697 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbar in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $10,000 | The Utility Company reported trees down on power lines near Currie Road and SC-9 west of Minturn, SC. Damage to electrical equipment led to an estimated 175 power outages. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Firetower Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Driggers Road near Dunbar Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Forks | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| McInnis (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Clio | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Monroe Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Blenheim | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Parnassus | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Red Bluff | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dunbar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85845840 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231245. 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.