BlockPolecat Landing, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29544. The Survey maps it on the Galivants Ferry quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1948 USGS Galivants Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Galivants Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Polecat Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,123 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Polecat Landing: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Asphalt Products Pit No. 7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartwheel Landing | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Galivants Ferry | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ketchuptown | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pages (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| McQueen Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Red Hill | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Aynor | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pitch Landing | 7.6 miles | 8 |
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 Q7209271 | 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 1250204. 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.