BlockQuarantine, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the Santee Point quadrangle.
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.
- 1942 USGS Santee Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Quarantine between 1993 and 2017, burning about 260 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 February 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caines | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Denny Corner | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Belle Isle Estates | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Isle Gardens | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Clambank | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| White Hall Estates | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| San Miguel De Gualdape (historical) | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Strawberry | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231696. 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.