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Tabor, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Westminster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29693. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle.

Tabor within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Tabor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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 burning115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dixon Crossroads1.1 miles18
Johns Mill2.8 miles17
Old Madison3.2 miles18
Harbin (historical)4.0 miles17
Percival Crossroads4.3 miles17
Madison4.4 miles17
Horse Shoe (historical)4.9 miles17
Brock5.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243177. 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.