BlockGravel Hill, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Stephen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29431. It stands on Fox Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Bonneau quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Bonneau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
825 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 825 fires within 5 miles of Gravel Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,772 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 298 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 | 298 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 260 |
| Debris and open burning | 208 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | HUNTER |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harristown | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wilder | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wilder (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bonneau | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Harris Town | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Providence | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Richardson Landing | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bonneau Beach | 5.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234310. 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.