BlockKemper, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lake View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29563. The Survey maps it on the Lake View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Pages Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fair Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
218 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Kemper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,335 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 51 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kemper in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Old Mullins Road and Kemper Church Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Kemper | - | Nickel size hail was reported on Hilltop Acres Drive. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kemper | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of pennies. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | Trees were reported down on Rabbit Island Road. The report was relayed via Dillon County 911 Center. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | Numerous large trees were down. Some of the trees were snapped while others were uprooted. A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded the damage was the result of straight-line winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Hilltop | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| High Hill Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lake View | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Squires | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hayestown | 3.1 miles | 6 | |
| Fork | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Gaddys Mill | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oliver Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Kemper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473571 | 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 1231443. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.