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Claremont, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29154. The Survey maps it on the Wedgefield quadrangle.

Claremont within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Claremont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Natural1

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Claremont: 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Zirconium. 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
Gum SwampTitanium, Thorium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
H M Mclaurin ProspectIronProspect
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Victor Moise ProspectIronProspect
Wateree RiverIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial (Gravel Bar)

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claremont in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2010Tornado (EF1)Claremont$80,000NWS and Emergency Manger found numerous trees down and minor to moderate damage to about a dozen homes. Many homes sustained damage from trees being deposited on them.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindClaremont$18,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindClaremont$4,000Black River Electric CO-OP reported trees on powerlines in the Alston Road area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClaremont$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on US 76 near the Richland County line.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindClaremont-Trees blocking Coon Ridge Rd. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindClaremont-Tree down on Scales Rd and N Kings Hwy (SC Hwy 261). Time estimated.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindClaremont-Trees and debris in roadway on US Hwy 378 eastbound just east of the Wateree River bridge.
June 2012HailClaremont-Several members of the public reported quarter size hail on Ruggs Lake, Claremont, and Coon Ridge roads along with very strong winds.
May 2008HailClaremont-The Highway Patrol reported golf ball size hail on highway 378 on the Wateree bridge.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClaremont-Trees down and blocking road near SC 261 and US 378.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Stateburg1.7 miles14
The Ruins2.1 miles14
Sanders Corner2.2 miles19
Springbank Hills3.1 miles14
Dixie Crossing3.2 miles14
Marden Ranchettes3.3 miles17
Horatio3.3 miles19
General Sumter Estates3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227883. 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.