BlockPrice, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Townville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29643. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hartwell NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Price (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 757 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HART-008 |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-HART-001 |
| 18 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HART-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Springs | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Andersonville (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sadler (historical) | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lakefront | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakdale | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Huntington Heights | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| The Shoals | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgewater | 5.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233440. 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.