BlockLees, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Denmark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29817. The Survey maps it on the Denmark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1979 USGS Denmark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Lees between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | 17 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lees in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lees | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on U.S. 78 and Mt. Zion Road between Blackville and Denmark. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lees | - | A tree was downed at Mill Pond Rd near Hwy 70. Time estimated. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Lees | - | The tornado touched down in Barnwell County, tracked to the ENE and moved out of Barnwell County and into Bamberg County near US Hwy 78. The tornado then moved northeast across northern Bamberg County across Fox Glove Road and Char-Augusta Road, before dissipating just prior to the Orangeburg County line. A power pole was snapped, a pivot irrigation system was flipped over and several softwood trees were uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogles (historical) | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Denmark | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Garris (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sweden | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Edisto Club | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sato | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Luther (historical) | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Finland | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223867. 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.