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Cambridge, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kirksey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29666. The Survey maps it on the Good Hope quadrangle.

Cambridge within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Cambridge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 593 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Smoking10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsPITT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cambridge: 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Bauknight Shale PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Jones Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Ninety Six MineClayProducer
Ninety Six Mine EastClayUnknownMetamorphic
Ninety Six Mine WestClayUnknownMetamorphic
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MineClayPast Producer
Werts Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambridge in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
January 2020FloodCambridge$4,000Emergency manager reported flooding developed in several areas across Greenwood County after 1.5 to 3 inches of rain fell in several hours. This came on the heels of a one-inch rainfall event over the 11th and 12th. Multiple roads were closed throughout the county due to high water levels. Most of this was due to poor drainage problems. However, a couple of streams also flooded, including Rock Creek in the city of Greenwood, which inundated Mathis Rd at Cobb Rd and Rockcreek Blvd.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCambridge-Trees were blown down on Kinard Rd.

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
Friendship2.5 miles12
Sand Ridge3.1 miles15
Epworth4.5 miles15
Kirksey5.4 miles15
Cambridge (historical)5.8 miles15
Dyson6.0 miles12
Dominicks (historical)6.0 miles15
Godsey6.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229503. 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.