BlockSanta Elena, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Beaufort-Port Royal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29902. It stands on Means Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parris Island 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
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Parris Island quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Santa Elena (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Fremont | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lands End | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Longwood | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Scott | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hilton Head Plantation | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Forest | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gator Field | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Seabrook Landing | 4.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237433. 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.