BlockRock Bluff, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kingstree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29556. It stands on Laws Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Salters quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Salters quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
582 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 582 fires within 5 miles of Rock Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,492 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 142 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 | 217 |
| Debris and open burning | 197 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 142 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryans Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Salters | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Salters Depot | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nexsen (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Millwood | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kingstree | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Woodland Acres | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Belsers Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227854. 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.