BlockPicket Post, South Carolina
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mountain Rest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29691. It stands on Alexander Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walhalla quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Picket Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TUNNEL |
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | KING |
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 Picket Post: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Acres | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Camp Oak | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Flat Shoals | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Oakmont | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Tamassee | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Springdale | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Eastcliff | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Ebenezer | 4.2 miles | 20 |
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 Q122539351 | 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 1231650. 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.