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DuBose, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sumter Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29153. The Survey maps it on the Oswego quadrangle.

DuBose within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of DuBose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined76
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of DuBose: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Francis Moise ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names DuBose in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDubose$6,000EM reported trees and powerlines down near US 15 and Dubose Siding road.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindDubose$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at Westbury Mill Road at Dubose Siding Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDubose$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at US 15 and Dubose Siding road.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Dubose$4,000NWS and EM found tornado damage to trees and powerlines as a weak EF0 intermittently touched down along its path.
June 2025Flash FloodDubose-Sumter Sheriff office reported multiple stalled vehicles on Hwy 441 near Cotton Acres Rd.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDubose-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 15 near the Lee Co line.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDubose-Tree down on Biddle Rd near US Hwy 15.
July 2010HailDubose-SCHP reported golf ball size hail at Hwy 441 and Cotton Acres Road.
May 2009HailDubose-Cotton Acres Mart reported penny size hail.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Brent2.7 miles16
Burrows Crossroads3.3 miles16
Quinns Crossroad4.4 miles16
Oswego4.4 miles16
Gaillard Crossroads4.7 miles16
Ranchland Ranchettes4.8 miles16
Whites Pond Crossroad5.0 miles16
Swinton5.1 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122562693The 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 1247564. 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.