BlockGreenwood Estates, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29505. It stands on Billy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Florence East 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.
- 1940 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
439 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 439 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,258 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 75 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 | 154 |
| Debris and open burning | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burch Crossroads | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| East View Estates | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Country Manor | 0.5 miles | 9 | |
| Brandon Woods | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fenwick Grove | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| McElveen | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Parkwood | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Nob Hill | 1.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241943. 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.