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Lobeco, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sheldon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29940. It stands on Huspa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle. 292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Lobeco within Beaufort 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

534 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Lobeco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,379 acres in total. None started naturally. 196 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
Arson/incendiarism196
Missing data/not specified/undetermined186
Debris and open burning139
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaufort County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lobeco: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Coosawhatchee Region DepositsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1963

Every working recorded in Beaufort County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lobeco in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
September 1997Thunderstorm WindLobeco$10,000Powerlines down
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLobeco$500Fire Department personnel reported that a tree was blown down by strong thunderstorm winds in Lobeco, South Carolina.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Lobeco-A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed that a brief EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 70 mph and associated with the outer bands of Helene, impacted portions of Gardens Corner. The tornado began just southeast of Washington Farm Road, where a few trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado then traveled toward the northwest and snapped and uprooted some trees along Stroban Road near Daniels Drive. As the tornado approached Highway 17, it uprooted and snapped a few trees roughly between Dairy Farm Road and Cherry Oak Mews. The tornado then dissipated over a marshy area just north of Highway 17.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLobeco-The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Morgan Road and John Meeks Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLobeco-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Stuart Point Road and Gillison Loop.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLobeco-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of John Meeks Road and Morgan Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLobeco-Local law enforcement reported multiple trees down near the intersection o Trask Parkway and Jasmine Hall Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLobeco-Beaufort County dispatch reported a large tree down on a house on Cornelius Drive.
April 2006HailLobeco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaufort 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
Coosaw1.7 miles19
Seabrook2.1 miles19
Dale2.9 miles18
Briars3.1 miles18
Fairview3.2 miles19
Gardens Corner3.4 miles19
Chisolms4.1 miles18
Grays Hill4.1 miles19

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 LobecoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6663614The 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 1246446. 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.