BlockTabernacle, South Carolina
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Centenary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29546. It stands on Millrace Drain. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1947 USGS Friendship quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Tabernacle between 1992 and 2019, burning about 495 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Centenary | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Eulonia | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Catfish Landing | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rains | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Davis Landing | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ariel Cross Road | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pendeboro | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230854. 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.