BlockHodges Corner, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Privateer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29125. The Survey maps it on the Pinewood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 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
- 1971 USGS Summerton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Pinewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
350 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Hodges Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,432 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 68 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 | 153 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 | Natural | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stokes | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fulton Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Milford | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Privateer | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Harvins Crossroads | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Tindal | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Southgate | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122564535 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244565. 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.