BlockForest Heights, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sumter Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29153. The Survey maps it on the Sumter East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Sumter quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sumter East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
379 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 379 fires within 5 miles of Forest Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,648 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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 | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Acres | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Concord Estates | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Green Acres | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Moses Heights | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Brady Heights | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kingman Heights | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Shannontown | 2.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244525. 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.