Koonce, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29574. The Survey maps it on the Mullins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Mullins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mullins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Koonce between 1992 and 2019, burning about 631 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 33 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 | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 14 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 Koonce: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snipes Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Snipes Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koonce in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koonce | $5,000 | Trees were reported down on SC-41 near Rains. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koonce | $1,000 | A tree was reported in the roadway at the intersection of Penderboro Road and Hubert Baxley Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendeboro | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gapway | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rains | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ariel Cross Road | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cartwheel Landing | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mullins | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Country Club Estates | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| North Mullins | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563846 | 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 1231455. 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.




