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Gilmania, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29945. The Survey maps it on the Coosawhatchie quadrangle.

Gilmania within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Gilmania between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,146 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined80
Debris and open burning60
Arson/incendiarism48
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilmania in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGilmania$1,000The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Coosaw|Scenic Drive and Roseland Plantation Drive.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGilmania$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Bees Creek Road and Coosaw Scenic Drive.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindGilmania$1,000The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near Coolers Grocery on Coosaw Scenic Drive.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGilmania$1,000Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of North Knowles Island Road and South Carolina Highway 462.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGilmania$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Coosaw Scenic Drive and Spanish Moss Road.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindGilmania-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Bees Creek Road and Highway 462.
June 2016Flash FloodGilmania-The Jasper County Fire and Rescue Department reported the following roads closed around Ridgeland due to flooding: Carson Road, Meredith Road, Jim Nettles Lane, Chelsea Lane, Gale Lane, Courtney Lane, Driggers Lane, Spanish Moss Road, Clover Circle, Myrtle Place, Grover Park Lane, Tammy Drive, Auburn Hills Road, Wellington Loop, Forest Street, Nimmer Court and Beaver Dam Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGilmania-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down on Knowles Island Road near Palm Key.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGilmania-Multiple trees reported down on Coosaw Scenic Drive. One tree was across the roadway at the intersection of Coosaw Scenic Drive and Deloss Point Road.
July 2013Flash FloodGilmania-Warning Point reported flooding on Knowles Island Road and was impassable.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Coosawhatchie1.8 miles19
Kress2.6 miles19
Pocotaligo3.1 miles19
Bashan4.6 miles19
Gillisonville4.9 miles16
Possum Corner6.1 miles19
Ricetown7.2 miles19
Grays7.2 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122567386The 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 1231317. 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.