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Wrangle Town, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonneau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29431. The Survey maps it on the Bethera quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wrangle Town within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Wrangle Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,861 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 123 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
Arson/incendiarism123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsQUITTING TIME
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsHURRICANE
30 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsSHOTGUN
23 August 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsFREEMAN
23 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTRAILBLAZER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley 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
Bethera1.8 miles11
Spring Head (historical)2.7 miles11
Razorville (historical)2.8 miles11
Hickory Grove (historical)3.5 miles9
Farewell Corner3.6 miles8
Witherbee3.9 miles11
Burtons (historical)4.3 miles11
Conifer (historical)4.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234681. 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.