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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.

Ashton within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

146 since 1992

Regional 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Debris and open burning20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this place

20 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAshton$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking one lane near the intersection of Gabriel Drive and Confederate Highway.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAshton$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Bells Highway blocking both lanes.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAshton$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Cayce Road and Willow Swamp Road.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindAshton$1,000The Department of Highway Patrol reported a tree down along the 4500 block of Willow Swamp Road.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAshton$500South 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 2012Thunderstorm WindAshton$500One tree blown down on Broxton Bridge Highway at Bachman Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAshton$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Confederate Highway and Gabriel Drive, 1 mile northeast of Ashton, South Carolina.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAshton$500A tree was reported down on Cayce Road in Ashton, South Carolina.
September 2024Tornado (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 2024Thunderstorm WindAshton-Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking one lane near the intersection of Bells Highway and Dry Branch Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAshton-Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down along Bells Highway at Confederate Highway.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAshton-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 641 near the intersection with Highway 64.
December 2021HailAshton-The public reported nickel size hail for approximately 5 minutes on Dry Branch Road outside Lodge, South Carolina.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindAshton-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cayce Road near Willow Swamp Road.
July 2016HailAshton-A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail at a business along Confederate Highway.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAshton-A trained spotter reported multiple trees down at a business along Confederate Highway.
June 2011HailAshton-A spotter reported quarter size hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAshton-Law enforcement reported 3 trees down near the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 641.
March 2008HailAshton-Nickel sized hail was reported in Ashton by a law enforcement official.
May 2006HailAshton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Colleton 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
Lodge3.7 miles18
Caldwell4.0 miles18
Moselle4.1 miles16
Colleton5.0 miles18
Padgetts5.9 miles18
Bells Crossroads6.8 miles16
Williams6.9 miles18
Tobys Bluff7.3 miles16

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.