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Borden, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rembert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. The Survey maps it on the Dalzell quadrangle.

Borden within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

407 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Borden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,072 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 39 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 burning207
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking8
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Borden: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Smg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

6 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Borden in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindBorden-Sumter County Dispatch reported trees down on Black River Rd north of Dalzell.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBorden-SCHP reported tree in roadway on Camden Hwy (US Hwy 521) and Dinkins Mill Rd.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBorden-Thunderstorm downburst winds downed numerous trees from Rembert to Sumter. Time estimated.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindBorden-A tree was downed along Live Oak Rd north of Dalzell.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBorden-A line of severe thunderstorms produced a downburst of severe damaging winds across Sumter Co SC along a swath from near Rembert southeast across Sumter and vicinity to near Brogdon. Several reports of downed trees were received.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBorden-SC DOT Office reported trees across roadway on TB Wright Road at intersection with US Highway 521.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Hillcrest2.4 miles16
Gaillard Crossroads2.6 miles16
Ellerbees Mill2.8 miles19
Rembert3.5 miles19
Dinkins Mill3.5 miles19
Pecan Acres3.9 miles16
Catchall4.1 miles16
Dalzell4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220898. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.