BlockFriendfield, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29591. It stands on Cypress Branch. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Hyman quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Friendfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,688 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 81 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 | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friendfield in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendfield | $12,000 | A large tree was reported down on a truck on East Friendfield Road near the Lynches River Bridge. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendfield | $4,500 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team concluded straight-line winds to 65 mph uprooted a 16 inch hardwood tree. Several large tree limbs were also down. The damage occurred on East Friendfield Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendfield | $4,000 | Trees were reportedly down at the intersection of Friendfield Road and Old Georgetown Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendfield | $2,000 | Power lines were reported down along South Friendfield Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendfield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on N Georgetown Road just off of U.S. 378. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coward | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bass Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hyman | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gardner Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| New Hope | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gibbs Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Perrot | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Burkett Landing | 5.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231299. 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.