Howe, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pamplico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29505. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle.

Howe within Florence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1940 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

523 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 523 fires within 5 miles of Howe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,759 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 103 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 burning	170
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	154
Arson/incendiarism	103
Misuse of fire by a minor	58
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Smoking	8
Natural	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Other causes	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howe in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood, 1 lightning. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2016	Flash Flood	Howe	$500,000	Flood waters were rushing across Alligator Road. The depth of the water was estimated up to one foot. Nearby roadways and structures were impacted by the flood waters.
July 2008	Lightning	Howe	$500,000	Lightning struck Dawsey United Methodist Church and burned it to the ground.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Howe	$4,000	A line of trees was reportedly blown over along Millstone Road.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Howe	$1,500	One large tree was reported down across Green Acres Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2012	Hail	Howe	$1,000	Hail to the size of half dollars was reported at the intersection of Third Loop Road and South Irby Street.
June 2011	Hail	Howe	$1,000	Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Howe	$1,000	A tree was reportedly down on Bannockburn Road.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Howe	-	Multiple trees down along Freedom Boulevard in south Florence.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Howe	-	A tree was blown down on Horrace Matthews Rd. near the intersection of Poor Farm Rd.
July 2017	Flood	Howe	-	Residential flooding was reported.
July 2017	Flood	Howe	-	Over four inches of rain was recorded.
August 2013	Flood	Howe	-	A road was closed due to flooding near the intersection of Avent Rd and Pineforest Rd.
April 2011	Hail	Howe	-	Hail to the size of nickels was reported near South Florence High School and Highway 301.

Every storm recorded in Florence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bannockburn	0.1 miles	11
South Side	0.2 miles	11
Tara Hills	0.4 miles	11
Tara Village	0.4 miles	11
Park City	0.7 miles	9
Pine Grove	0.8 miles	11
Java	0.9 miles	10
Ashwood Estates	1.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246084. 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.