BlockWhetsell, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bowman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29018. It stands on Patrick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wadboo Swamp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1920 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wadboo Swamp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Whetsell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bowman | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wells | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Run | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dantzler | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lambrick | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Oaks Crossroads | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Four Holes | 9.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231911. 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.