BlockPossum Town, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eutawville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29048. The Survey maps it on the Eutawville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1979 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
604 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 604 fires within 5 miles of Possum Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,145 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 75 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 | 241 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Smoking | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 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 Possum Town: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eutawville | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Green Town | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Little Belvidere | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Julian | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Fountain Lake | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Eutaw Springs | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Connors (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dorchee (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1706309. 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.