BlockFinland, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Denmark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29042. It stands on Stout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bamberg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Finland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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 | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loraine (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sweden | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sato | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ott (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Denmark | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Edisto Club | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bobcat Landing | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fogles (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Finland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22073100 | 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 1227897. 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.