BlockPalmetto Estates, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lake City-Scranton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29560. The Survey maps it on the Lake City West quadrangle.
On record in Palmetto Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
W. T. Askins Houselisted 1995 · 1.0 miles away- Green's Funeral Home and Ambulance Servicelisted 2025 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lake City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
540 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 540 fires within 5 miles of Palmetto Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,438 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 168 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 | 179 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 168 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 131 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley Heights | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wren Village | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lake City | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kennedy Park | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wedgefield | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Martha Law Estates | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Greenbriar Estates | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Scranton | 4.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242119. 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.