Ashwood, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29010. It stands on McGirts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oswego quadrangle.
On record in Ashwood
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditoriumlisted 2011 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ashwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 40 photographs shown, 1939Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Lee County
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Ashwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,490 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 45 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 | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashwood in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | $10,000 | EM reported numerous trees down and minor damage to a roof and other out buildings from Red Hill road and Hwy 441 to Green Lane, Williamson Road, Rambert Church Road, and US 15. The downburst wind damage was widespread and lasted eight minutes with a relatively slow moving thunderstorm that also produced a weak EF0 tornado just west of the downburst area. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | $4,000 | DOT reported a few trees and large limbs down on Hawkins and Holman roads. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on Racoon road between Manville and St Charles. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | - | Lee County dispatch reported a tree across the road on Raccoon Road at Childrens Lane. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | - | Lee Co dispatch reported trees down on Raccoon Rd. Time estimated. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Ashwood | - | Public reported dime to nickel size hail in western Lee County. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Ashwood | - | Storm Survey and Emergency Manager found moderate to major damage to several homes, mobile homes, and a church in the Ashwood and Red Hill areas on Green Ln, Taproot, Day Lilly, and other secondary roads. Numerous trees and powerlines were down in the Lynchburg area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCabe (historical) | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mechanicsville | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Aman (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| DuBose Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rose Hill | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hammetts Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Manville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Woodrow | 3.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231018. 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.








