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Grace, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. It stands on Rum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle.

Grace within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Grace between 1992 and 2019, burning about 437 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning48
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grace: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Lancaster County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grace in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGrace$6,000EM reported several trees and powerlines down just outside of Lancaster.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGrace$4,000DOT reported several trees down on hwy 9 west of Lancaster to Grace road in town.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGrace$2,000DOT reported several trees down on Riverside road just off Hwy 9 west of Lancaster.
September 2018Flash FloodGrace$100Social media report with video showing water from Bear Creek overflowing Plantation Rd. Times approximate.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGrace-Trees and limbs were downed on power lines on S Lake Dr. Time estimated.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGrace-SC DOT reported trees down along W Shore Dr.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGrace-SC DOT reported trees down along Partridge Cir.

Every storm recorded in Lancaster 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
West Manor1.4 miles14
Irwin1.5 miles14
Westwood1.6 miles14
Erwin1.9 miles14
Cloisters1.9 miles14
Greenbriar1.9 miles14
Gooch Crossroad2.3 miles14
Erwinwood Acres2.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245797. 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.