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Kellytown, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellytown quadrangle.

Kellytown within Darlington County

On record in Kellytown

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

472 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 472 fires within 5 miles of Kellytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,910 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 73 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 burning171
Missing data/not specified/undetermined147
Arson/incendiarism73
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darlington County

Storms near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellytown in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 9 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 2010Thunderstorm WindKellytown$10,000Several large trees were reportedly down. Some of the trees took down power lines as they fell to the ground. The damage occurred at the intersection of Kellybelle Road and Tema Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindKellytown$2,000A large tree was reportedly down along Kellybelle Road. Time estimated based on radar data.
April 2011HailKellytown$2,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindKellytown$2,000Tree limbs and power lines were reportedly down on Westover Drive.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindKellytown$1,500A large tree was reported down across Forest Hills Drive near Chinaberry Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKellytown$1,000A tree was reported down on Westover Dr. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKellytown$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Kellytown Road and Tema Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKellytown$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 151 and New Market Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKellytown-Reports of power lines down at Sparrow Swamp Road.
May 2022HailKellytown-One inch hail measured 2 S of Clyde.
June 2008HailKellytown-Report of quarter size hail along Kelleytown Road.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindKellytown-An off duty NWS employee reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Darlington 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
Botany Woods0.8 miles14
Forest Acres1.3 miles14
Forest Hills1.3 miles14
Kalmia Place1.6 miles14
Georgia Estates1.6 miles14
West Hartsville1.8 miles14
Segars2.2 miles15
Meadow Oaks2.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231441. 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.