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Embree, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bamberg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29003. It stands on South Fork Edisto River. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.

Embree within Bamberg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Embree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,099 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bamberg 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 Embree: 3 past producers, 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
Branchville #1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Branchville No.1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deerfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Embree Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Embree in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
October 2016Flash FloodEmbree$5,000SCDOT reported Hickory Hill Road closed due to washout in the vicinity of Harrison Road.
June 2014HailEmbree$4,000Residents reported golf ball size hail during the storm.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEmbree-Trees reported down on roadway intersection Hick's Road at Hunter's Mill Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEmbree-Tree down, reported blocking roadway on Berea Road near the Colleton County line. Time estimated by radar.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEmbree-Tree and downed power line reported in roadway at intersection of Ehrhardt Road and Hunter's Chapel Road. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Bamberg 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
Farrell Crossroads3.2 miles18
Midway4.9 miles18
Millersville (historical)7.2 miles18
Whetstone Crossroads7.4 miles18
Bamberg8.0 miles15
Bobcat Landing8.7 miles15
Clear Pond8.7 miles15
Hughes10.7 miles15

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 Q50413821The 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 1247666. 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.