BlockEdwards, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Greeleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29056. It stands on Holliman Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Greeleyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Greeleyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,011 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,011 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,007 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 321 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 | 418 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 321 |
| Debris and open burning | 223 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | 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
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $1,500 | A large tree was reported down and blocking traffic along Highway 521. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Highway 521. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Edwards | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded an EF1 tornado with winds to 105 mph first touched down just north of Santee River Road and moved east crossing State Route 375. The tornado lifted just west of U.S. 52. Numerous large hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped. The maximum path width was 75 yards. The path length was about 2 1/2 miles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heineman | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Greeleyville | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| New Market (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lane | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Salters Depot | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Salters | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gourdin | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Belsers Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222243. 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.