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Adamsburg, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. The Survey maps it on the Kelton quadrangle.

Adamsburg within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Adamsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined74
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
6 September 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2016Smoking4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union 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 Adamsburg: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
Cudd Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Hyder Farm QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous
Lockhart DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sloan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Sloan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adamsburg in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindAdamsburg-NWS storm survey found trees blown down west and northwest of Lockhart, including on Oakwood Rd.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAdamsburg-A tree was blown down at Lockhart Highway and Philippi Church Rd and another tree was blown down on Adams Lake Rd between 6 and 8 miles east of Union.
July 2008HailAdamsburg-Hail was reported on Pea Ridge Highway.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAdamsburg-Trees were blown down.
May 2000Tornado (F1)Adamsburg-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAdamsburg-no account filed
May 1996HailAdamsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Bailey Town (historical)1.0 miles12
Robat2.1 miles12
Kelly3.2 miles12
Red Hill3.3 miles16
Kelton3.5 miles12
Humphriesville (historical)3.9 miles12
No Mans Land (historical)4.1 miles16
Pinckney4.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244846. 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.

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.