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Colliers, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Edgefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29824. It stands on Owl Branch. The Survey maps it on the Colliers quadrangle.

Colliers within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Colliers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning25
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural1.7 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTURN AROUND
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colliers in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindColliers$16,000DOT reported several trees down in the Colliers area on several roads.
June 2010HailColliers$14,000Public reported golf ball size hail along Abel road. Leaves and pine needles were stripped from trees. Minor damage to some vehicles.
July 2020Flash FloodColliers$10,000Broadcast media relayed a public report, via social media, including a photo, which showed Mill Creek Dr over Dry Branch washed out. Edgefield Co EM confirmed the report and also provided a photo. Time estimated.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindColliers$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on SC23 neaer Cold Springs road and also on Flat Rock road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindColliers$3,000Dispatch reported trees down along Garrett Road.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Colliers$500An F0 took some tops out of trees and took down a fence on a horse farm.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindColliers-Edgefield County Dispatch reported trees down along Republican Rd. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindColliers-Edgefield County sheriff reported a tree down on Garrett Rd at Red Oak Grove Rd.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindColliers-Edgefield County Dispatch received a call regarding a tree down on Key Rd. Time estimated by radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindColliers-A tree was down on Garrett Rd near Red Oak Grove Rd near Modoc. Time estimated.
September 2023HailColliers-Broadcast media relayed a video of hail falling at a residence near the intersection of Key Road and Hwy 23. Largest stones are estimated to be quarter sized based on the video and the individual who sent the video.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindColliers-Sheriff dispatch reported trees and power lines down at the intersection of Hwy 23 and Key Rd between the towns of Edgefield and Modoc.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindColliers-SCHP reported trees down on SC 23 at Key Rd. Time estimated.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindColliers-Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down on Garrett Road in Edgefield County.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindColliers-Sheriff reported trees down along hwy 23 near the McCormick county line.
March 2010Tornado (EF1)Colliers-An EF1 tornado took down many trees along its path from the Sumter National Forest to just southwest of Edgefield.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindColliers-Sheriff dispatch reported trees down along Hwy. 23 near the McCormick and Edgefield County line.
December 2001Thunderstorm WindColliers-Sheriff reported some trees down near hwys 230 and 23.
April 1998HailColliers-Sheriff reports 3/4 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Edgefield 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
Millers Crossroads2.7 miles23
West Store Crossroads3.5 miles16
Johnson Crossroads4.6 miles16
Antioch4.8 miles16
Ropers Crossroads5.3 miles17
Morgana7.1 miles25
Lenoir (historical)7.8 miles25
Crafton (historical)8.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229577. 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.