BlockBefore

Woodmont, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29506. The Survey maps it on the Florence East quadrangle.

Woodmont within Florence County

On record in Woodmont

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

369 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Woodmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,826 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined147
Debris and open burning95
Arson/incendiarism60
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woodmont: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Asphalt Plant #8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Black Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 8 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quinby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quinly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Florence County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wilson Heights0.7 miles11
Wilson Estates0.7 miles11
Air Base Heights0.8 miles9
Carolina Acres0.9 miles9
Spaulding Heights1.1 miles11
Williams Heights1.3 miles11
Florence1.3 miles11
Quinby Forest1.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242257. 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.