BlockNorton, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Floyds Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29545. It stands on Crooked Run Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tabor City West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tabor City quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Tabor City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Whiteville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Whiteville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Norton (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,267 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wannamaker (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Duford | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Olive | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Green Sea | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Floyds Crossroads | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Causey | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Finklea | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jernigans Crossroads | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243864. 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.