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Floydale, South Carolina

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Latta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29536. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fork quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Floydale within Dillon County

On record in Floydale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Floydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,808 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 57 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/undetermined84
Debris and open burning67
Arson/incendiarism57
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dillon County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Floydale: 1 unknown, 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
Dillon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dillon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dillon County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floydale in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2010Thunderstorm WindFloydale$7,000Trees and power lines were reported down near the intersection of Highway 917 and Burke Road.
May 2010HailFloydale$5,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFloydale$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 917 and Burke Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFloydale$1,000A tree was reported down on Lester Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2012HailFloydale$500One inch hail was measured on Haymount Road.
September 2018Tornado (EF0)Floydale-A weak tornado touched down south of Lester Road between the |Little Pee Dee River and Riverview Loop. It crossed Lester Road |moving north, and broke large limbs out of several trees. A few |small pine trees were also broken off and knocked across the road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindFloydale-A wind gust was estimated to 60 mph.
May 2012HailFloydale-Hail up to the size of pennies was reported.
March 2008HailFloydale-A cooperative observer reported hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFloydale-Trees were reported down on Lester Road. The report was relayed via Dillon County 911 Center.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFloydale-Power lines were reported down on State Route 917. The Report was relayed via Dillon County 911 Center.
April 2000HailFloydale-Law enforcement reported dime size hail.
May 1998HailFloydale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dillon 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
Dunbarton1.2 miles6
Pittman Corner3.5 miles6
Fork4.1 miles6
Hayestown4.7 miles6
Bass Crossroads4.8 miles7
Squires5.1 miles9
Latta5.1 miles7
Riverdale5.5 miles9

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 FloydaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5462584The 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 1247786. 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.