BlockSquires, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lake View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29543. It stands on Hayes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Pages Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fair Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Squires between 1992 and 2020, burning about 670 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 54 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Squires in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Squires | - | Trees were down at the intersection of Joann Branch Road and State Park Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Hilltop | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fork | 1.8 miles | 6 | |
| Kemper | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hayestown | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| High Hill Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pittman Corner | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Dunbarton | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Floydale | 5.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227985. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.