BlockRiverdale, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bluffton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29909. It sits by Chechessee Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Laurel Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1920 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Okatie quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1962 USGS Laurel Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fripp Landing | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pinckney Landing | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Chelsea | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Baileys Landing | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oakmont | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| River Reach | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chesterfield | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Farm | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231733. 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.