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Gresham, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Brittons Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29546. The Survey maps it on the Gresham quadrangle. It stands 52 feet above sea level.

Gresham within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Gresham between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,177 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 52 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism52
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2016Natural50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2010Natural1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gresham: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Britton's Neck MineSandProducerSedimentary
Kingsbury MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Salem PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Salem PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 WindGresham$2,000A tree was reported down on a vehicle on Oakridge Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGresham$1,000A tree was reported down along Highway 41.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGresham$1,000A large tree was reportedly down near the intersection of Highway 41 and Andy Ct. The time was estimated based on radar data.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGresham$1,000A tree was reported down across Highway 9.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGresham-Power lines down in Gresham.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindGresham-Tree down in road on Thomson Court.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGresham-SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down on the road at Highway 9 and Snow Ct.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindGresham-Five pine trees blown down across State Route 41. Report received via amateur radio network.
May 2007HailGresham-Nickel size hail fell just south of the mouth of Jeffries Creek, along the Florence/Marion county line.
June 2007HailGresham-Penny to quarter size hail was reported.
April 1997HailGresham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Daviston3.5 miles8
Brittons Neck3.9 miles8
Eulonia4.2 miles8
Catfish Landing4.5 miles8
Friendship6.1 miles7
Centenary7.6 miles8
Davis Landing8.7 miles8
Tabernacle9.0 miles7

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.

Wikipedia article on GreshamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988771The 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 1222903. 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.