BlockMoores Landing, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29429. The Survey maps it on the Sewee Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1919 USGS Sewee Bay quadrangle1:21120
- 1943 USGS Sewee Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Sewee Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Moores Landing between 1992 and 2017, burning about 3,238 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 85 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge | CIGARETTE FIRE |
| 30 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BUBBSY |
| 20 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge | AUGUST2194 |
| 8 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | KINSEY |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 Moores Landing: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewee Bay Quadrangle | Titanium, Iron, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Chandler | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ten Mile | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Whitehall Terrace | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Awendaw | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Porcher Bluff | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pineland | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Philip | 9.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230036. 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.