Ashton, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29082. It stands on Ashton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lodge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lodge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Ashton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashton in 20 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking one lane near the intersection of Gabriel Drive and Confederate Highway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,000 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Bells Highway blocking both lanes. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,000 | The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Cayce Road and Willow Swamp Road. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,000 | The Department of Highway Patrol reported a tree down along the 4500 block of Willow Swamp Road. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Confederate Highway and Ashton Road. The tree was blown down by outflow from a distant thunderstorm. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $500 | One tree blown down on Broxton Bridge Highway at Bachman Road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Confederate Highway and Gabriel Drive, 1 mile northeast of Ashton, South Carolina. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $500 | A tree was reported down on Cayce Road in Ashton, South Carolina. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Ashton | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 mph in northern Colleton County. A short lived tornado ahead of Hurricane Helene touched down near Gabriel Road with a few tree limbs down and a tree snapped at the trunk. As the tornado approached 641, multiple trees were snapped at the trunk on the northern side, facing Ashton Branch of Willow Swamp. The tornado continued to the northwest where multiple tree branches were broken along Ashton Road, with additional tree branch and limb damage persisting along Ralphs Road as well. The tornado then turned more northward and continued into Bamberg County. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking one lane near the intersection of Bells Highway and Dry Branch Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down along Bells Highway at Confederate Highway. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 641 near the intersection with Highway 64. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Ashton | - | The public reported nickel size hail for approximately 5 minutes on Dry Branch Road outside Lodge, South Carolina. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cayce Road near Willow Swamp Road. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ashton | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail at a business along Confederate Highway. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | A trained spotter reported multiple trees down at a business along Confederate Highway. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ashton | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | Law enforcement reported 3 trees down near the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 641. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Ashton | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Ashton by a law enforcement official. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ashton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodge | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Caldwell | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Moselle | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Colleton | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Padgetts | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bells Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Williams | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Tobys Bluff | 7.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231017. 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.












