BlockFendall, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29505. It stands on Cane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Florence East 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.
- 1940 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
366 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Fendall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,900 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 64 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 | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fendall in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Manor | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Price Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| East View Estates | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Brandon Woods | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Burch Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood Estates | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kenwood Acres | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fenwick Grove | 2.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591883 | 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 1231278. 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.