BlockOld Cordesville, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Mary Anne Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cordesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1919 USGS Cordesville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Cordesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cordesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Old Cordesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,015 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 151 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 151 |
| Debris and open burning | 114 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | QUITTING TIME |
| 28 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LTD |
| 18 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | HURRICANE |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadboo | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Buck Hall (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stony Landing | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cordesville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Hill | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Saw Mill | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Burtons (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mittenlane | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551475 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249953. 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.