BlockGravel Hill, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29115. The Survey maps it on the Cordova quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
392 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Gravel Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,200 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 231 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Spring | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Great Branch | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bolen Town | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beverly Hills | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Edisto | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rivelon | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Riverdale | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Haddock | 4.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231337. 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.