BlockSpeaks Mill, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Estill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29918. The Survey maps it on the Gifford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Varnville 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
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Gifford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Speaks Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 871 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 38 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 | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Speaks Mill: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122568274 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231816. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.