BlockLeavensworth, South Carolina
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. It stands on Everlasting Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dovesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Dovesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Leavensworth (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,352 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 40 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 | 149 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 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 Leavensworth (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckholtz Creek | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dovesville | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Antioch | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Auburn | 3.0 miles | 6 | |
| Floyd | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Birdstown Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lakewood | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rosa Lees Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gandy | 4.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1240911. 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.