BlockErwin Park, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. The Survey maps it on the Hartsville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hartsville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Erwin Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,164 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 138 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinns Crossroads | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| South Park | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kingsville Heights | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bladen | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tremont | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lakefield Circle | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Glen Acres | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Belair Estates | 2.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241289. 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.