BlockNimmons, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29685. It stands on Jewell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sunset quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sunset quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Nimmons between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,420 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Natural | 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 Nimmons: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpens Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nimmons in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flood | Nimmons | $500 | County comms reported flooding developed along Eastatoe Creek and Mill Creek after 2 to 5 inches of rain fell across northern Pickens County in about 12 hours. Cleo Chapman Highway was flooded and closed at Mill Creek Rd. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Nimmons | - | Public reported half dollar size hail on Cleo Chapman Hwy. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimmons | - | Multiple trees were blown down from the Sunset and Lake Keowee area, down to Pickens and Liberty. One tree fell on a home on Odell Dr, about 4 miles south of Pickens. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eastatoe | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Prices Store (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rocky Bottom | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Nine Times | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Crow Creek | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Knob (historical) | 8.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243464. 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.