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Fletcher, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the McColl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29570. The Survey maps it on the McColl quadrangle.

Fletcher within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

423 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,057 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 104 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 burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined111
Arson/incendiarism104
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking14
Natural5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceA MESS
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceHIGH WIND
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceROSS STREET
24 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceBOSTIC ROAD
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLAUCH BLUE FIRE #2
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceACADEMY ROAD #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fletcher in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2014Thunderstorm WindFletcher$2,500Power lines were reported down near the intersection of Chelsea Lane and Highway 381.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFletcher$1,000A tree was reportedly down on Oscar Fletcher Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFletcher-There was a downed tree near the intersection of Academy Road and Highway 381.

Every storm recorded in Marlboro 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
Adamsville Crossroads1.8 miles10
Newtonville2.3 miles8
Boykin2.9 miles8
Lester3.8 miles8
Brutons Fork3.9 miles8
McColl4.1 miles10
Burnt Factory (historical)4.6 miles8
Tatum4.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231286. 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.