BlockWampee, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Moncks Corner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29469. The Survey maps it on the Moncks Corner quadrangle.
On record in Wampee
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William Robertson Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away- Pinopolis Historic District Northlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
- Pinopolis Historic District Southlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Moncks Corner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
301 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Wampee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,312 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 75 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinopolis | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Kitfield (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sugar Hill | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Frazier Hill | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Green Hill (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Simpson Crossing | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Moncks Corner | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mittenlane | 3.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231891. 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.