BlockLota, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29649. It stands on Quarter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Lota between 1992 and 2020, burning about 650 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lota: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinson #2 Mine | Vermiculite | Past Producer | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Unidentified Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusive |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lota in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Hail | Lota | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saluca | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Shores | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Irvines Landing | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Magnolia Place | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Harbor Heights | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Coronaca | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pinehurst | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Raintree | 3.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246471. 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.