BlockGable, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sardinia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29051. The Survey maps it on the Sardinia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Gable between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,455 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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 burning | 114 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gable in 22 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Gable | $80,000 | Sheriff reported baseball to softball size hail at Hwy 301 and North Brewington road causeing severe damage to roofs and vehicles. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $16,000 | Sheriff reported many trees down in northern portions of the county. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Gable | $12,000 | A NWS storm survey found an EF0 tornado in eastern Clarendon County. The path consisted of intermittent touchdowns the took down trees. The tornado formed near Brewington road and ended just north northeast of Union Crossroads. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $12,000 | Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down in the Gable area. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $8,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down just Northeast of Alcolu. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $8,000 | Public reported trees down southwest of the Gable community on Brewington road and other rural roads. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Gable | $5,000 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported flooding of the southbound lanes of I-95 near miler marker 125 near Alcolu. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $2,000 | Public reported shingles blow off a roof of a house along Brewington road. Wind estimated to be around 60mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | $2,000 | Public reported a few trees down along Hwy 301 between Manning and Turbeville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SC highway patrol reported a tree blocking the roadway on I-95 southbound. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SC DPS website reported a tree down on I-95 over the Black River Swamp. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SC DPS reports tree down on Cecil McFadden Rd near Gable. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | Appearance of wind damage breaking a power pole at N Brewington Rd and McElveen Rd near Gable. Time estimated. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | A tree was downed on a power line at N. Brewington Rd and Barnhill Ln, NE of Manning. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SCHP reported trees down in roadway with all lanes blocked at Leon McFadden Rd and Cecil McFadden Rd in Gable. Time estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | Several trees were downed on I-95 northbound around mile marker 130, and on I-95 southbound near Exit 132. Time estimated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | Tree in roadway along N Brewington Rd near US Hwy 301. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SC Highway Patrol reported trees down across Interstate 95 in the southbound lanes at Mile Marker 130. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | SC Highway Patrol reported trees down along southbound lane of I-95 at mile marker 129. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | Sheriff dispatch reported a tree down on the southbound side of Interstate 95 at mile marker 130. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | Sheriff dispatch reported trees down along Brewington Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gable | - | DOT reported several trees down in the Gable area, in Manning, and near I-95 and Lake Marion. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardinia | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Durant | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Beards Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Zion | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress Fork Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Seloc | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Turbeville | 6.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247853. 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.