BlockHalfway Creek, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 29429. The Survey maps it on the Ocean Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Ocean Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Halfway Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,758 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 106 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 | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | WHILDEN |
| 18 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BAMBOO |
| 1 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | GRAVE SIDE |
| 29 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | WILLOW HALL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windom Corner | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Thomas Corner | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Corner | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Shulerville | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Newland | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Honey Hill | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Conifer (historical) | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Green Bay (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234510. 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.