BlockRobbins, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kline-Snelling census division. It stands on Meyers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Girard NW 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
11 surveys from 18 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 Ellenton quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Ellenton 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
- 1964 USGS Girard NW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Robbins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 639 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Savannah River Forest | MONKEYBAR |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah River Forest | SPLIT |
| 29 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah River Forest | ROADSIDE |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah River Forest | HOG BARN |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah River Forest | TRACK |
| 19 August 1996 | Natural | 22 acres | Savannah River Forest | NEW GUY |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah River Forest | MOONLIGHT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Place (historical) | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hattieville | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Leigh (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ellenton (historical) | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dunbarton (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Donora (historical) | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Greenland (historical) | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Patterson Mill | 9.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235528. 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.