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Adger, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle.

Adger within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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 Adger between 1992 and 2019, burning about 611 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning34
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2009Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adger in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 2010Thunderstorm WindAdger$5,000Sheriff reported trees down along Smallstown road and Old Chester road.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindAdger$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Old Airport Road.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindAdger$2,000Sheriff reported a coupld of trees down just north of Winnsboro on Hwy 321.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAdger-Fairfield EM reported trees down and a metal roof blown off a barn on Adger road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAdger-SC DPS website reported a tree down on US-321 near the intersection of Airport Road. Time estimated by radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAdger-Fairfield Electric Cooperative reported trees on powerlines on Ramsey Rd and on Adger St. Time estimated by radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAdger-Several trees and power lines were downed along Smallstown Rd near Old Chester Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAdger-Trees down on US Hwy 321 Bypass.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
White Oak2.7 miles15
Winnsboro4.4 miles15
Lebanon4.5 miles14
Winnsboro Mills5.6 miles15
Rockton6.5 miles15
Douglass6.7 miles14
Woodward6.7 miles13
Gladden Grove (historical)7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244848. 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.