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Callison, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29646. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle.

Callison within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Callison between 1992 and 2018, burning about 362 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callison in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCallison$2,000Public reported the metal roof was ripped off of a barn.
September 2015Flash FloodCallison$1,000Public reported Cuffytown Creek overflowed its banks in the Kirksey/Callison area after 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. Several rural roads were flooded.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCallison-Utility company reported trees and large limbs down on power lines in and around Callison.
April 2015HailCallison-Public reported quarter size hail at Highway 67 and Browntown Rd.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCallison-Two trees were blown down in the Callison community.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindCallison-Multiple trees were blown down in the Callison area, mainly along Callison Rd and County Line Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCallison-A couple trees were blown down along highway 67 near Callison.
August 2010Flash FloodCallison-Highway 25 was flooded by Cuffytown Creek, and Bowie Rd and Bethel Rd were flooded by Beaverdam Creek after as much as 6 inches of rain fell over a few hours time across the extreme southern part of the county.
March 2008HailCallison-Hailed reportedly covered the ground.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCallison-Some trees were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCallison-Several trees were blown down along Rushfield Rd.
April 2011HailCallison-no account filed
May 2008HailCallison-no account filed
July 2008HailCallison-no account filed
December 2005HailCallison-no account filed
December 2005HailCallison-no account filed
May 2003HailCallison-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindCallison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenwood 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
Rushville2.2 miles15
Rosa (historical)2.2 miles15
Gaines Crossroads4.0 miles15
Breezewood4.1 miles15
Phoenix4.4 miles15
Kirksey4.6 miles15
Aix (historical)5.1 miles15
Sheppard Crossroads5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247095. 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.