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Camp Creek, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. It stands on South Prong Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Unity quadrangle.

Camp Creek within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Camp Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 741 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 1999Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.4 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceHOT FENCE
16 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Camp Creek: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Stevens MineGoldUnknownVein
Stevens MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lancaster County

Storms near this place

23 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Creek in 23 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$50,000Sheriff reported numerous roads flooded in central Lancaster County.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$24,000Lancaster County EM reported a car washed off of Catoe Road.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$18,000Lancaster County EM reported a water rescue of patrons in a vehicle on Langley road.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$16,000Sheriff reported Hershel Plyer Road and Gills Creek Drive flooded and impassable.
April 2011HailCamp Creek$10,000Public reported 1.25 inch hail.
April 2011HailCamp Creek$5,000Public reported 1.25 inch hail.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$4,000Sheriff reported Hershel Plyer road still impassable do to flood waters.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$2,000Broadcast media reported Hough Road flooded near the 2200 block.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek$1,000DOT reported a tree down at Potter Road and Pink Plyer Road, and another tree down near SC Hwy 9 and Hwy 522.
October 2023HailCamp Creek$100Pea size hail reported at the Camp Creek Fire Dept.
May 2020FloodCamp Creek$100Lancaster Co dispatch reported water covering the roadway on Hershel Plyler Rd. Times estimated.
May 2020FloodCamp Creek$100Spotter reported water covering the roadway on New Cut Church Rd where it crosses South Prong Camp Creek. Report and photo relayed via social media. Times estimated.
September 2018Flash FloodCamp Creek$100New Cut Church Rd at the bridge over South Prong Camp Creek flooded and impassable. Times approximate.
September 2018Flash FloodCamp Creek$100Pageland Hwy (SC Hwy 9) at Hershel Plyler Rd flooded and impassable. Times approximate.
September 2018Flash FloodCamp Creek$100New Cut Church Rd closed due to flooding from Brookwood Dr to Grain Bin Rd. Duration unknown. Times approximate.
April 2024HailCamp Creek-A trained spotter relayed a report, via social media, of 2 inch diameter hail, NE of Lancaster. Exact location not provided.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek-Lancaster Co dispatch reported trees down on Langley Rd and Heyward Hough Rd. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek-Trees down on Thomson Rd. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek-Tree in roadway on Camp Creek Rd. Time estimated.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek-A social media report was received, with photos, of trees down and damage to two vehicles. Time estimated.
September 2019HailCamp Creek-Hail up to quarter size reported at SC Hwy 9 and Potter Rd. Hail event lasted approximately 5 minutes. Time estimated.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCamp Creek-Trees down near John Everhall Rd and John Truesdale Rd.
May 2016FloodCamp Creek-Reported water covering Highway 9 east of Lancaster.

Every storm recorded in Lancaster 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
New Cut1.7 miles14
Evergreen Acres2.3 miles13
Pleasant Dale2.5 miles13
Unity2.5 miles14
Robinwood Estates3.0 miles13
Lingles Crossroads3.5 miles14
Baker Place3.7 miles13
Dwight Crossroads3.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231126. 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.