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Mount Calvary, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hamer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29536. The Survey maps it on the Dillon East quadrangle.

Mount Calvary within Dillon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Mount Calvary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,654 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined139
Debris and open burning111
Arson/incendiarism89
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Smoking7
Other causes5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Other causes3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dillon County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bronson Crossroads1.3 miles9
Kentyre1.9 miles9
Linkside2.0 miles9
Riverdale2.0 miles9
Newtown2.3 miles9
Dillon2.5 miles9
Selma2.7 miles9
Carmichael Crossroads3.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236155. 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.