BlockOak Grove, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29506. It stands on Moore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pee Dee quadrangle.
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.
- 1940 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pee Dee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1993 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claussen | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Parker Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Orum | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kennedy Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Winona | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mill Branch | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gregg Camp | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Willow Creek Siding | 5.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231605. 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.