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Kirkland, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29020. It lies near Hobkirk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Camden North quadrangle.

Kirkland within Kershaw County

On record in Kirkland

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

12 surveys from 20 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,405 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning70
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kershaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kirkland: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hasskamp MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Wateree RiverIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Kershaw County

Storms near this place

13 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkland in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
June 2012Flash FloodKirkland$30,000Sink hole developed in the Kirkland Street area from flooding caused by heavy rain.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindKirkland$500DOT reported a tree down near Flint Hill Road and SR 97.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Kershaw county dispatch reported trees downed on Kirkover Ln and Brook Drive. Time estimated by radar.
March 2024HailKirkland-Public reported slightly larger than dime-sized hail along Edinburgh Castle Ln in Camden.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Kershaw County dispatch reported trees down on Lockhart Road near Belton Road. Dispatch also reported several other trees down throughout the county leading to power outages.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Kershaw County dispatch reported multiple trees fell along a line from the northside to eastside of the town of Camden.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Trees down on US Hwy 521 at Lockhart Rd.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Trees downed along Hwy 97 outside of Camden, and also along Hwy 5 (Longtown Rd) outside of Lugoff. Exact locations unknown. Time estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKirkland-A large limb was downed on a power line along US Hwy 521 just north of Camden.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Sheriff dispatch reported a tree down along Lockhart Rd near Butternut Ln.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKirkland-Power outages due to thunderstorm winds on US Hwy 601 between Camden and Kershaw.
June 2015HailKirkland-Public reported dime size hail near SC Hwy 97.
April 2011HailKirkland-Public reported penny size hail.

Every storm recorded in Kershaw 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
Lafayette Village0.3 miles20
Peckwoods0.4 miles20
Sandy Springs0.4 miles20
Edgewood0.6 miles20
Cool Springs0.7 miles20
Sunnyhill1.0 miles19
Dusty Bend1.7 miles20
Spalding (historical)1.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223747. 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.