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Kimberly, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29520. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cheraw quadrangle.

Kimberly within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

372 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 41 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 burning168
Missing data/not specified/undetermined93
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural6
Fireworks4
Other causes1
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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kimberly: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Juniper CreekIron, Thorium, Zirconium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Thompson CreekTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidientified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chesterfield County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindKimberly$18,000EM reported trees down at Tec Road and West Market Street Extension...some of which fell on a couple buildings doing minor damage.
September 2018Flash FloodKimberly$100McMillan Rd closed due to flooding between Sunrise Circle and Caston Way.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindKimberly-Chesterfield County Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down on Hwy 1 at Society Hill Rd.
June 2016HailKimberly-Public reported nickel sized hail along Highway 1.
May 2012HailKimberly-EM reported nickel size hail in Chesterfield.

Every storm recorded in Chesterfield 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
McNeils (historical)1.0 miles8
Fisher Hill1.7 miles8
Thompsons (historical)2.6 miles8
Excelsior (historical)2.7 miles8
Hunts Spring (historical)2.8 miles12
Isgett Circle2.9 miles8
Gillespie (historical)3.0 miles8
Windsor Park3.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227931. 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.