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Grays, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Grays-Tillman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29916. The Survey maps it on the Grays quadrangle.

Grays within Jasper County

On record in Grays

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Grays between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,420 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 47 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 burning103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism47
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2007Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

37 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays in 37 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGrays$4,000County officials relayed numerous reports of trees down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGrays$2,000The Jasper County Warning Point, reported trees down at Heritage Road and Grays Highway in Grays, South Carolina.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGrays$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down in the community of Grays.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGrays$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down near the intersection of Possum Corner Road and Grays Highway.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGrays$2,000A few Trees and a Power Line were reported down in Grays.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGrays$1,500Law enforcement reported trees down and blocking parts of Langfordville Road, 2 miles southwest of Grays, South Carolina.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGrays$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Grays Highway near Pine Level Baptist Church.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGrays$1,000The Department of Highways reported a tree down on Highway 3 near Grays Highway.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGrays$1,000One tree down at intersection of SC Highway 3 and Pine Level Church Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGrays$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pinelevel Church Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGrays$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Grays Highway and Heritage Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrays$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Grays Highway and Cat Branch Road. The tree was blown down due to thunderstorm outflow.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGrays$500Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway at Mill Pond Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGrays$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down in Grays, South Carolina.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGrays-The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Rivers Hill Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrays-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Big Branch Road and Cat Branch Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrays-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down along Grays Highway and Pine Level Church Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGrays-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 3 and Johnnie Peeples Drive.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGrays-A Jasper County emergency manager reported roof damage as well as a couple trees blown over on Jonnie Peeples Road.
May 2020HailGrays-A trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail that lasted approximately 5 minutes.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGrays-The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Edison Smith Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrays-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Stoney Brooke Lane and Firetower Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrays-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGrays-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 3 east of Grays.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGrays-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Possum Corner Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindGrays-Local law enforcement reported a tree down on Grays Highway.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGrays-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down near the Intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pine Branch Drive.
June 2016Flash FloodGrays-The Jasper County Fire and Rescue Department reported Rice Patch Road closed due to flooding between Big Branch Road to Pine Level Church Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrays-The South Carolina State Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pine Branch Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGrays-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Heritage Road with Grays Highway.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindGrays-Jasper County law enforcement reported several trees down on Heritage Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGrays-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported 2 trees down along Grays Highway. One tree was down near the intersection of Heritage Road and the other was down near the intersection with Cat Branch Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGrays-Jasper County warning point reported a tree down on Pine Level Church Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGrays-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree and power line down on Grays Highway near River Hill Road.
July 2011HailGrays-A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail and 40 mph wind gusts, 2 miles south-southeast of Grays, South Carolina.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindGrays-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindGrays-Mobile home damaged.

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
Possum Corner2.5 miles19
Gillisonville4.4 miles16
Gilmania7.2 miles19
Kress7.5 miles19
Coosawhatchie7.7 miles19
Pocotaligo8.7 miles19
Pineland9.0 miles17
Bashan9.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222845. 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.