BlockMountain Lakes, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. It stands on Lipsy Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Baton Rouge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Baton Rouge quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 506 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2002 | Natural | 30 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springwood Lakes | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gayle Mill | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hilltop Acres | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hills | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy River | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Evans | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brooklyn | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pineview Lakes | 3.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230725. 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.