BlockWinterseat, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. It stands on Calabash Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterseat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Winterseat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Winterseat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 740 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Whites Cross Roads (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dornville (historical) | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| McCormick | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Whitetown | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Hill | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bradley Corner | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Parks Mill | 8.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251478. 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.