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Cummings, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hampton-Varnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29944. The Survey maps it on the Cummings quadrangle.

Cummings within Hampton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Cummings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 17 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 burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2016Natural5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2009Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampton County

Storms near this place

23 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cummings in 23 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCummings$30,000Broadcast media reported a roof ripped off a trailer and several pecan trees uprooted, near Barkerville, South Carolina.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCummings$15,000Law enforcement reported roof damage to a business and debris deposited on railroad tracks.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCummings$2,000The Hampton County 911 call center relayed a report of a power line down near Cummings. A tree was also reported down near the intersection of Savannah Highway and Hope Well Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCummings$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Edward Mixon Road and Highway 68.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCummings$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 278 and Rock Spring Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCummings$1,000Trees down in Cummings.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCummings$1,000Trees down in town.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCummings$500Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 278 and Pocotaligo Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCummings-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Henderson Road near the intersection with Yemassee Highway.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCummings-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Ram Horn Road and Yemassee Highway.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCummings-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 278 near the Hampton and Jasper County line.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCummings-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Lowndes Lake Road.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindCummings-Law enforcement reported a tree down on South Carolina Highway 68 near Cummings, South Carolina.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCummings-Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Pocotaligo Road and Lowndes Lake Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCummings-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 278 and Rock Spring Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCummings-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Pocotaligo Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCummings-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 278 near Jasper County.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCummings-The Department of Highways reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 278 and Rock Spring Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCummings-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway in Cummings along Lownders Lake Road.
June 2004Flash FloodCummings-Thunderstorms with heavy rain flooded nearly all roads between Cummings and Early Branch. Some evacuations occurred in those areas.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCummings-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
June 2005HailCummings-no account filed
July 2002HailCummings-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampton 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
Fechtig1.9 miles16
Camp Branch2.4 miles16
Horsegall4.1 miles16
Almeda4.3 miles16
Early Branch4.4 miles19
Barkerville6.3 miles19
Hickory Hill (historical)6.4 miles16
Davidson6.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221872. 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.