BlockDuncan Township, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Woodville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29654. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fork Shoals 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.
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Williamston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fork Shoals quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Duncan Township between 1992 and 2019, burning about 385 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Shoals | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lickville | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| McKelvey Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ware Place | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Woodville | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fountain Inn | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| East View | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hunters Woods | 10.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222150. 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.