Lambert, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Creek quadrangle.

Lambert within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1942 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Lambert between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,370 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 50 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	50
Debris and open burning	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2007	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2011	Natural	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lambert: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Jamestown Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant

Every working recorded in Georgetown 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oceda	3.9 miles	8
Lodge Hall	5.2 miles	8
New Hope	5.6 miles	8
Sampit	6.6 miles	8
Oak Grove	7.2 miles	9
Cumberland	7.7 miles	8
Foster Corner	7.8 miles	8
Kent	8.6 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246284. 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.