BlockTaft, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29590. The Survey maps it on the Salters quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Salters quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
887 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 887 fires within 5 miles of Taft between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,006 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 316 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 316 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 301 |
| Debris and open burning | 225 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taft in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | $1,000 | A tree was reported in the roadway at the intersection of Taft Road and Mabel Lane. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | Tree reported down on Seaboard Rd between Lane and Trio. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251110. 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.