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Appleton, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Allendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29810. The Survey maps it on the Allendale quadrangle.

Appleton within Allendale County

On record in Appleton

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Appleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 671 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 34 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Natural10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allendale County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Appleton in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2007Thunderstorm WindAppleton$25,000A large tree fell on a house near Appleton.
July 2013Flash FloodAppleton$1,000Concord Church Road was closed near Appleton Road due to flash flooding.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAppleton$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reports a tree down and in the roadway at the intersection of Revolutionary Road and Highway 3.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAppleton$500One tree down on Route 125.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAppleton$500The public reported numerous large tree limbs in and near Appleton, South Carolina.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAppleton-Multiple trees were reported down on Highway 125 near Appleton Road.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindAppleton-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree on fire lying on downed power lines on Appleton Road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAppleton-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
May 2006HailAppleton-no account filed
May 2006HailAppleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allendale 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
Seigling2.5 miles15
Grays Crossroads2.6 miles15
Mathis (historical)3.2 miles15
Allendale3.8 miles15
Baldock4.1 miles16
Woods Crossroads4.1 miles15
Concord Crossroads4.7 miles15
Moores Crossroads4.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231008. 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.