BlockWashington Terrace, South Carolina
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29532. It stands on Bellyache Creek. The Survey maps it on the Darlington East quadrangle.
On record in Washington Terrace
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Edmund H. Deas Houselisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
First Baptist Churchlisted 1991 · 1.0 miles away- Darlington Memorial Cemeterylisted 2005 · 0.1 miles away
- Darlington Industrial Historic Districtlisted 1988 · 0.9 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
- 1963 USGS Darlington East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
304 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Washington Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,098 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 | 145 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Washington Terrace: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Darington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Village | 0.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bowens Manor | 0.4 miles | 7 | |
| Pepper Ridge | 0.6 miles | 7 | |
| Mayo Heights | 0.6 miles | 7 | |
| Woodcreek | 1.1 miles | 7 | |
| Darlington | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Woodland Gardens | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Brockington Heights | 1.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241015. 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.