BlockPine Tops, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29118. It stands on Early Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wolfton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 St. Matthews quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Wolfton quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Pine Tops between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,677 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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 | 208 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lake Estates | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Greenfield | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Woodridge | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gerwil Acres | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kensington | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Robin Hill Farm | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hillview | 1.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242772. 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.