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Edmund, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pelion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. It stands on Hunt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pelion East quadrangle. 969 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Edmund within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

835 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 835 fires within 5 miles of Edmund between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,538 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined373
Debris and open burning231
Misuse of fire by a minor128
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Edmund: 10 producers, 6 unknowns, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand, Silica. 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
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Columbia Pit EastSilicaProducer
Columbia WorksSilicaProducer
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Sox MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bowen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edmund in 19 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2012HailEdmund$30,000Numerous reports of 1 inch hail on Roland Drive, Emmanual Church Road, Longs Pond Road near I-20, and Lexington Hills Subdivision.
July 2012HailEdmund$5,000Spotter reported 1 inch hail at Timber Chase lane and McLee Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEdmund$500Public reported a 64mph wind gust, a tree down, and 3/4 inch hail.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEdmund$500Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway near Pleasant View road and SC 6.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindEdmund$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Meadowfield and Fish Hatchery roads.
October 2023HailEdmund$100Pea size hail reported on Youpon Dr in Red Bank.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Social media report with pictures of two downed trees and a downed power line on Edmund Hwy. near Landfill Lane. Time estimated by radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Tall pine tree blown over along with numerous sticks and branches along Boiling Springs Rd near Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve. Time estimated by radar.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindEdmund-SCHP reported trees down on Crystal Springs Dr near Edmund Hwy (SC Hwy 302). Time estimated.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Pictures of tree damage to a property and adjacent wooded area on Pleasant View Drive in Lexington shared on social media. Time estimated by radar. Three inches of rain was also reported with this thunderstorm.
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Edmund-National Weather Service survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of|75 mph that tracked across central Lexington county, north of Shuler. The tornado|began near the Bluefield West neighborhood, located east of McLee Rd, where it|caused some minor damage including overturning playground equipment. The tornado|then moved eastward across S Lake Drive, Cathy Lane and Old Orangeburg Rd before|continuing east-southeast across Beckman Road then into an inaccessible field.|Farther southeast along its path, the tornado crossed Norman Drive and Highway 302|near Gator Drive, before dissipating near Greenwood Drive. Along its approximately 4.7|mile path, the tornado produced sporadic damage mainly snapping and uprooting trees|and large branches.
May 2021HailEdmund-Public report of golf ball size hail along Savannah Hills Dr. Time estimated.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Trained spotter reported large tree down on a house with damage to bedrooms. Time estimated.
August 2012HailEdmund-NWS employee reported hail the size of quarters falling at his residence.
May 2012HailEdmund-Public reported nickel to quarter size hail on Millwood Ave. in Lexington covering the ground.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down on Peachtree Rock Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEdmund-Reported trees down at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 302.
March 2003HailEdmund-SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail at hwys 6 and 302 in Edmund.
July 2003HailEdmund-Postal employee reported 3/4 inch in and around Edmund.

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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
Congaree (historical)2.3 miles13
Shuler (historical)2.5 miles13
Blue Ridge Terrace2.6 miles13
Regency Square3.0 miles13
Macedon3.1 miles13
White Knoll3.5 miles13
Crystal View3.7 miles13
Sharpes Hill4.0 miles13

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 EdmundAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108649510The 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 1247641. 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.