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.
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
Smith Barnlisted 1984- Meekins Barnlisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Dillon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down near the intersection of Highway 917 and Burke Road. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Floydale | $5,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 917 and Burke Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Lester Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Floydale | $500 | One inch hail was measured on Haymount Road. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | - | A wind gust was estimated to 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Floydale | - | Hail up to the size of pennies was reported. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Floydale | - | A cooperative observer reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | - | Trees were reported down on Lester Road. The report was relayed via Dillon County 911 Center. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydale | - | Power lines were reported down on State Route 917. The Report was relayed via Dillon County 911 Center. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Floydale | - | Law enforcement reported dime size hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Floydale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbarton | 1.2 miles | 6 | |
| Pittman Corner | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Fork | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hayestown | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bass Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Squires | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Latta | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Riverdale | 5.5 miles | 9 |
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 Floydale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5462584 | 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 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.



