BlockWappoola, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Moncks Corner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. The Survey maps it on the Kittredge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Cordesville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Kittredge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Wappoola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,193 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 | 88 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wappoola: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand/Clay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarry Town | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pimlico | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Seaton | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Church Hill (historical) | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Kittredge | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Strawberry | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mepkin | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oakley | 2.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541167 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251320. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.