BlockMilford, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sumter Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29125. It stands on Fullers Earth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle.
On record in Milford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Millford PlantationNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1946 USGS Elloree 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
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lone Star quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
7 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,448 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 Milford: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Marion Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mingo Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pinewood | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hodges Corner | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sumter Junction | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Harvins Crossroads | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Privateer | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Malta | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wedgewood | 9.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246654. 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.