BlockElim, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Danwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29541. It stands on Sparrow Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Effingham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
634 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 634 fires within 5 miles of Elim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,334 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 205 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 205 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 181 |
| Debris and open burning | 177 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elim in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elim | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across the roadway at the intersection of Stagecoach Road and W Cummings Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lynches Mill | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Effingham | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Danwood | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| New Hope | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cusac Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hamville (historical) | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222260. 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.