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Herbert, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlisle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29031. It stands on Tyger River. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle.

Herbert within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Herbert between 1992 and 2019, burning about 469 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2007Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tuckertown3.6 miles13
Sartor Town6.3 miles12
Carlisle6.5 miles13
Beaver Dam6.9 miles12
Ada (historical)7.0 miles12
Goshen Hill7.5 miles12
Pride (historical)7.7 miles13
Delta7.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232930. 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.