BlockFriendfield, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the North Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1942 USGS North Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Friendfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Friendfield: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Steel/ Georgetown, S.C. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| San Miguel De Gualdape (historical) | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Denny Corner | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clambank | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Caines | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Maryville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Steele Town | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| White Hall Estates | 3.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231298. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.