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Gary, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Whitmire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29355. The Survey maps it on the Newberry West quadrangle.

Gary within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Gary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Natural4.6 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTHURSDAY
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2020Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsGREEN BRIAR
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National Forestsnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gary: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Newberry QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Newberry QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Newberry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gary in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 2 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGary-Trees down near Garys Lane and US Hwy 76. Time estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGary-Trees down on U.S. Highway 76 and Ramage Road.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Jalapa2.5 miles13
Bush River2.6 miles13
Kinards3.1 miles12
Longshore5.4 miles13
Smyrna5.6 miles13
Beth Eden5.8 miles13
Cromer Crossroads6.3 miles13
Devils Cross Roads6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247875. 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.