BlockThomas Corner, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29450. The Survey maps it on the Shulerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1943 USGS Shulerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,728 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 110 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 | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | SHOTGUN |
| 16 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TRAILBLAZER |
| 11 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BURNED CANE |
| 15 July 2015 | Natural | 12 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | CANE |
| 15 July 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BIG BERTHA |
| 13 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | JEANETTE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Corner | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Windom Corner | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Conifer (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Farewell Corner | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shulerville | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bethera | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Halfway Creek | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Head (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230407. 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.