Adams Run, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29426. The Survey maps it on the Adams Run quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
On record in Adams Run
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 5 records
Grove Plantationlisted 1978
Summit Plantation Houselisted 1983
Wilkinson-Boineau Houselisted 1999
Willtown Blufflisted 1974- King Cemeterylisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1919 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Adams Run quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
308 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Adams Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 73 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 | 106 |
| Debris and open burning | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CAMPER FIRE |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adams Run in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Adams Run | 1 hurt | A tornado touched down along Willtown road near Minnie Hughs Elementary School and then tracked east crossing Highway 174 just north of the intersection with Moffett Road. The tornado then moved through a farm before moving across Toogoodoo road near the intersection of Oakville Road and then lifted in a marshy area near Toogoodoo creek. Numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines were damaged along the path and one house partially collapsed due to the tornado. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $1,500 | Several trees were reported down along the intersection of Highway 174 and Toogoodoo Road, 2 miles south of Adams Run, South Carolina. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of Highway 164 and Rodd Drive. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $1,000 | One tree was reported down near the intersection of Moffett Road and Highway 174. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Mauss Hill Road and Moon Dam Road. A second tree was reported down at the intersection of State Highways 162 and 174. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported 1 tree down near the intersection of Park Island Road and White Point Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 174 and Toogoodoo Road, 2 miles south of Adams Run, South Carolina. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | $500 | Large tree limbs were reported down on Route 174. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | A report received via social media indicated a tree down on an unoccupied vehicle off Hyde Park Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | Charleston County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 162 near the intersection with Highway 174. Highway 162 had to be closed for a time due to the tree in the roadway. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near 8600 Moffett Road. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Adams Run | - | A report of a funnel cloud and wall cloud over Adams Run, South Carolina was relayed by local broadcast media. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | Trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | Thunderstorms winds knocked down several trees. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams Run | - | Several trees down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Adams Run | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrelville | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Osborn | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shiloh | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Jericho | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Laurel Hill | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Parkers Ferry | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Baptist Hill | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gannon (historical) | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Adams Run | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4680397 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220137. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









