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Leesburg, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 29044. It stands on Leesburg Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.

Leesburg within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Leesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,192 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.9 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2006Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Leesburg: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, 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
Colonels CreekIron, Titanium, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Otter LakeIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

18 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesburg in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 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
October 2015Flash FloodLeesburg$1,000,000SC Highway Patrol reports McCords Ferry Road Willie Kelly Road closed due to flooding.
September 2015FloodLeesburg$62,000Images relayed from a trained spotter via social media showed road wash outs and flooded landscape. Murray Pond flooded and water went into residential properties.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$10,000Sheriff reported many trees down along McCords Ferry and McGraw Roads.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Screaming Eagle Road and Koon Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Screaming Eagle Road and Hwy 601.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees in the roadway on the US 76 bridge over the Wateree River.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$500DOT reported a tree down at Leesburg road and Congress road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-A tree fell on a power line on Leesburg Rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-SCDPS website reported tree down in roadway at the intersection of McCords Ferry Rd (Hwy 601) and Screaming Eagle Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-SCHP reported trees down on McCords Ferry Rd (US Hwy 601) and Screaming Eagle Rd. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Tree in roadway at Old McGraw Rd and US Hwy 601. Time estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Trees down on US Hwy 601 at Leesburg Rd.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Trees down near the intersection of Old Leesburg Rd and Congress Rd.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Several trees and limbs downed near Leesburg Rd. Time estimated.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Trees in roadway at Congrees Road and Old Leesburg Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Leesburg Road and Hwy. 601.
June 2014HailLeesburg-Ft. Jackson reported ping pong ball size hail on the far east end of the training field near the river.
April 2017HailLeesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
English (historical)4.3 miles18
Harmon Estates5.2 miles17
Deer Ridge Farms5.2 miles17
McCrearys Quarter (historical)5.5 miles19
Lisbon (historical)5.8 miles23
Garners Quarter (historical)6.1 miles15
Green Lake Estates7.6 miles17
San Marco Estates8.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231475. 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.