BlockKnox, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. It stands on Melton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Richburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Richburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Knox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knox: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decker-Holway Steel--Richburg, Sc | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knox in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Trees were blown down along McDaniel Rd, 3 miles west southwest of Richburg, to highway 9 about 3 miles east southeast of town. A tree was also blown down on highway 21 at River Road in Fort Lawn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orrs | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lewisville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rodman | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Richburg | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Binghamtown (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tip Top (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lewis | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lakewood | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246271. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.