BlockMurad, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29936. It lies near Pilot Island. The Survey maps it on the Laurel Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Laurel Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
330 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Murad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,238 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 80 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 | 126 |
| Debris and open burning | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowles | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Salvesbarg Landing | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nevadum | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Old House | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Boyd | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grahamville | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ricetown | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bolon Hall Landing | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227950. 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.