Clyde, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. The Survey maps it on the Lake Robinson quadrangle. It stands 233 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Robinson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
464 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of Clyde between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,823 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 65 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 | 172 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 151 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clyde: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour Prospect | Iron, Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clyde in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Clyde | 6 hurt, $240,000 | A tornado touched down at Clyde, just west of the HB Robinson nuclear power plant, and tracked across the Pine Ridge area. The storm continued east-northeast, north of Hartsville across mostly rural areas, to near the Darlington County Jetport. There was spotty damage along a 15 mile path - 11 mobile homes were destroyed and 15 more were damaged. One house had major damage. Six businesses were listed as destroyed. Six injured people were treated and released. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | 2 hurt, $10,000 | A large tree fell onto a car near Lake Robinson and injured the two occupants. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A tree was blown down on a camper. There was one injury. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $20,000 | A trailer was blown over on Easterling Landing Rd. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $3,000 | Trees were reported down along Ashland Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Clyde | $1,000 | Large hail and wind destroyed a patio canopy. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $1,000 | A large tree in roadway at the intersection of Ashland Road and West Old Camden Road. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clyde | $500 | Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clyde | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clyde | $500 | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground on West Bobo Newsom Highway. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Clyde | - | Three quarter inch hail measured 1 NE Clyde in the Pine Ridge area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | - | Powerlines and 4 trees down at intersection of Old Camden road and Ashland Rd. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Clyde | - | Large hail was reported in the New Market Community. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Clyde | - | Some local street flooding in town. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Clyde | - | A resident of the town of Clyde recorded a 24 hour rainfall amount of 5.6. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Clyde | - | A trained spotter reported one-inch hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | - | A tree was blown down on Ashland Road. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | - | A spotter estimated a 60 mph gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| New Market | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Botany Woods | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Segars | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kellytown | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Hills | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| McCoys Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Acres | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Clyde | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16890484 | 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 1221653. 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.







