BlockNeal Shoals, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlisle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. It stands on Hobsons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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 Leeds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Neal Shoals between 1992 and 2019, burning about 748 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TAILGATE |
| 2 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | 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 Neal Shoals: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Igneous |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neal Shoals in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Hail | Neal Shoals | - | Spotter reported hail up to the size of golf balls covering the ground. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Neal Shoals | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Point (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Meador (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pride (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Santuc | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gregory (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Carlisle | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Carem | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Red Hill | 6.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232989. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.