Allen, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Long Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Allen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,132 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 80 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allen: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allen in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Allen | $45,000 | Flood waters were reportedly 1.5 feet deep on a portion of Kerri Circle. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allen | $1,000 | A tree was reported down to the north of the Highway Patrol Office on Highway 701. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Allen | - | Quarter size hail in Keighley Estates neighborhood near Aynor, SC. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Allen | - | The weak tornado initially touched down in woods south of West|Homewood Road and east of SC 319, where a 10 diameter hardwood|was snapped. The tornado moved to the northeast through the woods|on the south side of West Homewood Road and then crossed West|Homewood Road impacting a mobile home park. Minor damage|occurred to about 10 homes in the mobile home park. Underpinning was blown|out (some pieces deposited nearly a mile away near highway 701), trim|was ripped off, as well as some pieces of siding. The tornado|broke several small limbs as it lifted near the edge of the woods|east of the mobile home park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cebu (historical) | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Poplar Forks | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Adrian | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Paul Forks | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Booth | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Polecat Bay (historical) | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Homewood | 2.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227862. 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.





