Kinards, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 29355. The Survey maps it on the Joanna quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Joanna quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Kinards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | GEORGE BRANCH |
| 3 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kinards: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern White-rock Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | Chemical Sediment, Marine | |
| Joanna Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinards in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinards | $2,000 | Newberry Electric COOP reported powerlines down with outages in the Kinards area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinards | - | SCHP reported tree in roadway on Bush River Rd near Hwy 560 near the Laurens Co line SW of Kinards. Time estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bush River | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jalapa | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brickhouse Crossroads | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cromer Crossroads | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Longshore | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Smyrna | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Beth Eden | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Kinards | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709524 | 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 1229885. 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.






