Claussen, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29505. It stands on Middle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Florence East quadrangle.
On record in Claussen
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Claussen Houselisted 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Hopewell Cemeterylisted 2000 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1940 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Florence East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Claussen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,024 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 47 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 burning | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claussen in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Claussen | 1 killed, $500,000 | The Florence County Sheriff's Office Dive Team found a submerged vehicle at a bridge washout on National Cemetery Road Near Fire Tower Road. The car was found the next day. The lone male occupant was dead. The time was estimated. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claussen | $10,000 | Power lines and trees blown down across Bethel Road. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claussen | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported a large tree fell on a car. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Claussen | $1,000 | Roadway flooding reported on National Cemetery Road in Florence County. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claussen | $1,000 | Several trees down near the community of Claussen. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Claussen | $1,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Claussen | - | Flooding was reported on Old River Road. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Claussen | - | Flooding on Firetower Rd at National Cemetery Rd. Road was temporarily closed. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Claussen | - | Old River Rd, near Francis Marion Rd, was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Claussen | - | Francis Marion Rd was closed near Old River Rd. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Claussen | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek Siding | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Fendall | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Parker Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Price Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kenwood Acres | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kennedy Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mathis Corner | 4.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549311 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247303. 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.
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.





