BlockRowland, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Manning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29148. It stands on Clubhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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 Manning quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Manning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Manning 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
- 1980 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
510 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 510 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,002 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 121 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 | 205 |
| Debris and open burning | 156 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 121 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Frierson | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Shad Moss village | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rodgers | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wyboo Plantation | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Eagle Point | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Jordan | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Davis Station | 4.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236009. 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.