BlockPine Ridge, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. The Survey maps it on the Lake Robinson quadrangle. 807 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Robinson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
545 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 545 fires within 5 miles of Pine Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,713 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 78 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 | 202 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 177 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Pine Ridge: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour Prospect | Iron, Manganese | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Clyde | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Segars | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Botany Woods | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hollandia Park | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kellytown | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fox Hollow | 3.2 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pine Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108581941 | 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 1225469. 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.