BlockGettysville, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29426. It sits by Leveston Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Clubhouse Crossroads 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.
- 1918 USGS Cottageville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cottageville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Clubhouse Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Gettysville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 478 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gettysville: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edisto Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edisto Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fishburne Creek Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Sandpit Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clubhouse Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Winwright (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Waringville (historical) | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Coachmans Corners | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Canaan | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Norman Landing | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Westoe | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Givhans | 7.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231312. 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.