BlockPossum Corner, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Grays-Tillman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29916. The Survey maps it on the McPhersonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mc Phersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Possum Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,361 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 55 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 | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Gillisonville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kress | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gilmania | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pocotaligo | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Coosawhatchie | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bashan | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Pineland | 11.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225644. 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.