Cedar Grove, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29527. It stands on Cedar Grove Branch. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
412 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,064 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 137 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 137 |
| Debris and open burning | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Grove: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Buck Mine | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| G and C Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Wacca Dee Mine | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wacca-Dee Materials Company Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| G and C Mine (G&G Mine) | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Coguina Pit(Bird Quarry) | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1980 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Grove in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Grove | - | Two large trees were reported down along Juniper Bay Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakey Bay | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Guiton Crossing | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sand Ridge | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ned Swamp | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| El Bethel | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Quattlebaum Acres | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Forney | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mary | 2.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227881. 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.




