Indiantown, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Indiantown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. It stands on Boggy Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Indiantown quadrangle.
On record in Indiantown
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
John Calvin Wilson Houselisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1946 USGS Indiantown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Indiantown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
471 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of Indiantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,860 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 117 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 | 186 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 146 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indiantown in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiantown | $3,000 | Trees were reported down at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Highway 261. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiantown | $3,000 | Trees were reported down near the intersection of Indiantown Swamp Road and Highway 261. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiantown | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Indiantown Swamp Rd and SC-261. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiantown | - | Numerous trees down around the Stuckey area. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Indiantown | - | An east-moving thunderstorm dropped hail ranging from quarter to golfball size along SC512. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiantown | - | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuckey | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bartell Crossroads | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midway Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Henry | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brunson Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Johns Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Chandlers | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Nesmith | 5.2 miles | 8 |
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 Indiantown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709570 | The 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 1246122. 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.





