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Latimer, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Calhoun Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29628. The Survey maps it on the Latimer quadrangle.

Latimer within Abbeville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Latimer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Abbeville 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 Latimer: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Calhoun FallsTitanium, IronUnknownOutcrop Exposure
Richard B. Russell Dam Project QuarStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Abbeville County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latimer in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF0)Latimer-NWS storm survey reported a brief and weak tornado touched down along Old Calhoun Falls Rd near Mud Creek Rd. The tornado moved northeast, paralleling Old Calhoun Falls Rd before dissipating near the intersection with Latimer Rd. The tornado snapped multiple large limbs and uprooted a couple of trees.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLatimer-County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Abbeville County.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLatimer-Public reported (via Social Media) trees blown down in the Calhoun Falls area.
July 2013Flash FloodLatimer-At least four roads were closed around Calhoun Falls due to severe urban flooding.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLatimer-Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down between Monterey Rd and highway 81 about 5 miles southeast of Lowndesville.

Every storm recorded in Abbeville 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
Calhoun Falls2.7 miles14
Rocky River (historical)3.1 miles14
Dresden (historical)3.4 miles14
Monterey (historical)3.7 miles12
Hester4.3 miles14
Chesnut Hill (historical)4.8 miles14
Millwood (historical)5.0 miles14
Watts5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231466. 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.