BlockLong Branch, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Williston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29853. The Survey maps it on the Long Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1923 USGS Williston quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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 Long Branch 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 Long Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,099 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrells Mill | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ashleigh | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Elko | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Yale (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Reynold | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Happy Bottom | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Barnwell | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hells Half Acre | 5.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231501. 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.