Creston, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29030. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Elloree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 707 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creston in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees down near Elloree. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on Jericho Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | $3,000 | County reported several trees down near hwy 6 in southern Calhoun county north of Ellorree. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Hwy 6 near Hwy 33. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | $500 | Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cameron Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Creston | $100 | Video, sent via social media, appeared to show pea to dime size hail near Hwy 6 between St. Matthews and Elloree. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | - | SCHP reported trees down on Kings Grant Rd near Cotton Pointe Dr near Cameron. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Creston | - | Post Office reported quarter size hail the area and estimated wind gusts of 50 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Creston | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Kings Grant road. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | - | Power lines down from thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tina | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lone Star | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cameron | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Weeks Landing | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wiles Crossroads | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Singleton | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wertz Crossroads | 8.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231204. 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.








