Edgemoor, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fort Lawn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29712. It stands on South Fork Fishing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgemoor quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Rock Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Edgemoor quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Edgemoor between 1992 and 2018, burning about 356 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Edgemoor: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fishing Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgemoor in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgemoor | $5,000 | Public reported a large tree fell on a truck traveling along Harmony Baptist Church Rd. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Edgemoor | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Harmony Church Rd. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Edgemoor | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgemoor | - | 911 center reported trees and power lines down across the county. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgemoor | - | Numerous trees blown down between Edgemoor and Fort Lawn. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgemoor | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Edgemoor | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lando | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hicklin Crossing | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lewisville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rodman | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rowell | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Landsford | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Smith | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Richburg | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Edgemoor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5337797 | The 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 1247635. 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.







