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Brent, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sumter North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29153. It stands on Lee Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Oswego quadrangle.

Brent 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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Brent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,478 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 38 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 burning148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Natural3

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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brent: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Francis Moise ProspectIronProspect
White's Mill ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brent in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2023LightningBrent$20,000Dispatchers reported that lightning struck a home on Queen Chapel Road and caused a fire which produced minor damage. Exact monetary value of damage unknown.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBrent-NWS Employee passed on a public report of numerous trees down in the Emerald Lakes subdivision.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindBrent-Military meteorologist/trained spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH. Power outage in the area occurred at 1625 EST shortly after the peak winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrent-Trees in roadway at Queen Chapel Road and Foxworth Mill Road.
July 2016HailBrent-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail along with estimated 70 mph winds. Also, 3 trees down in the Emerald Lakes Subdivision.

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
Quinns Crossroad2.5 miles16
Swinton2.5 miles17
DuBose2.7 miles16
Dalzell3.2 miles16
Whites Pond Crossroad3.4 miles16
Beckwood3.5 miles17
Ranchland Ranchettes3.5 miles16
Jefferson Park3.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246977. 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.