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Cedar Creek, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Trio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Brunson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Cedar Creek within Williamsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,879 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg 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 Cedar Creek: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Georgetown QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Georgetown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williamsburg County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Creek in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-Tree down near the intersection of Rhodus Ave. and Santee Rd.

Every storm recorded in Williamsburg 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
Singletary Forks1.9 miles8
Oak Ridge4.3 miles8
Martin Corner4.4 miles8
Cook Corner4.5 miles8
Cherry Hill5.0 miles9
Suttons5.3 miles8
Earle7.4 miles8
Andrews8.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231144. 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.