BlockTemperance Hill, South Carolina
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29571. The Survey maps it on the Latta quadrangle.
On record in Temperance Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Old Ebenezer Churchlisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Latta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Temperance Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 46 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Zion | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Smithboro | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Sellers | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Turner Place | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| West Marion | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Country Club Estates | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 7.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231855. 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.