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Cumberland, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. It stands on Boggy Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Kilsock Island quadrangle.

Cumberland within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

379 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 379 fires within 5 miles of Cumberland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,613 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 98 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 burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Arson/incendiarism98
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cumberland: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Meurisena Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cumberland in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCumberland$2,000Trees were reported down. The public estimated winds to 60 mph.
May 2014HailCumberland$1,250Golf ball size hail was reported.
May 2012HailCumberland$500One inch hail was measured.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Large branches reported down on power lines along Paris Lane.

Every storm recorded in Georgetown 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
Sampit1.3 miles8
New Hope2.1 miles8
Oak Grove2.1 miles9
Spring Gully2.2 miles9
Lodge Hall2.9 miles8
Foster Corner2.9 miles8
Moyd3.8 miles10
Graves4.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231209. 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.