BlockProvidence, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bonneau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Island Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bonneau quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Bonneau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bonneau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
480 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,318 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 228 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 228 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 106 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | WIGGINTOWN |
| 17 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | CHIP |
| 8 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FREEMAN |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cherry Hill | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Gravel Hill (historical) | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Santee Circle | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bonneau | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Macbeth | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Simpson Crossing | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Richardson Landing | 4.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244074. 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.