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Ashland, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stokes Bridge-Cypress Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29010. The Survey maps it on the Kellytown quadrangle.

Ashland within Lee 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 46 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 burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism46
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural8
Smoking3
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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
January 2013Thunderstorm WindAshland$6,000Trees down on Ashland-Stokes Bridge Highway near the Darlington and Lee County line.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000Public reported large limbs and powerlines down just southwest of Ashland. Power was still out at the time of the call. Dime to nickel size hail was also reported.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000Newspaper reported a large metal sign and iron supports fell on a car.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAshland-A tree was downed on Hill Rd between Anderson Hill Rd and Ashland Stokes Bridge Rd. Time estimated.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAshland-Lee County sheriff reported a tree down on Liberty Hill Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2022HailAshland-Public report through social media of half dollar size hail along Kelly Bridge Road West in Northern Lee County.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAshland-Lee Co dispatch reported a tree down on Kelly Bridge Rd between Fountain Grocery and the Lynches River bridge. Time and exact location estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAshland-Trees down in the community of Ashland.
May 2003HailAshland-Newspaper reported quarter size hail in Ashland.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Shannon Hill6.1 miles14
Alcot6.2 miles14
Weatherly (historical)6.7 miles15
Thursa7.5 miles14
Lucknow8.1 miles14
Zemp8.3 miles14
Bishopville8.8 miles15
Cypress Crossroads9.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220250. 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.