BlockGourdin, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29564. The Survey maps it on the Saint Stephen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Bonneau quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1990 USGS St. Stephen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
433 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 433 fires within 5 miles of Gourdin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,375 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 136 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 | 146 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 136 |
| Debris and open burning | 111 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 Gourdin: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourdin Fullers Earth Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| St. Stephens Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer | 1961 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Carris | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Heineman | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Taft | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| New Market (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Edwards | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blakely | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bryans Crossroads | 7.8 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557421 | 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 1245794. 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.