Lone Star, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Fort Motte-Lone Star census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29030. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 Elloree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lone Star quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 685 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lone Star: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccurry Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Star in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lone Star | $500,000 | Storm survey found an EF1 touched down just southwest of Lone Star and continued northeast across Lake Marion into rural Sumter county. The most significant damage occurred near Lone Star along McCords Ferry road just south of Tinah road. At that location several homes lost portions of their roofs and numerous trees and powerlines were down. The tornado moved northeast across Broomstraw road where several outbuildings lost roofs or were destroyed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $14,000 | EM reported multiple trees and utility poles down in Lonestar. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $12,000 | Dispatch reported trees down east of St. Matthews near Lake Marion along Hwy 267. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Lone Star | $10,000 | South Carolina Hwy. Patrol reported the roadway washed out on Good Hope Road near Hwy. 267 McCords Ferry Road. They also reported a Stump Hole Road flooded. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $8,000 | Tri County Electric COOP reported trees and powerlines down near Lone Star. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reports trees down at 3 Bridges Road and McCords Ferry Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | Public reports a couple of trees down on Hwy 267 just north of Lonestar. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | Park Service reported trees down in the backyard of the Ranger Home Residence. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | Public reported a couple of trees down on McCords Ferry Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported a couple of trees down on Old River Road blocking the highway near the west end of Santee State Park. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | Sheriff reported trees down near Lonestar and Creston at Hwy 33 and Hwy 6. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $2,000 | DOT reported trees down at Stone Pole in the Santee Lakes area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | SCHP reported trees down on Cameron Rd and McCords Ferry Rd near Lone Star. Time estimated. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lone Star | - | EM reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail along Stumphole Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | Calhoun Co dispatch reported trees down along Old River Rd near Lake Marion. |
| September 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Lone Star | - | A National Weather Service damage survey team confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado, with peak wind speeds of 75 mph, in Lone Star, near the Calhoun-Sumter County Line. The tornado broke large branches off of trees on Low Falls Road and continued north for|about 1 mile. A large tree was uprooted on Shirer Lane, then the tornado lifted shortly after. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Public reported golfball size hail near Old River Road and Fairway Road near the lake. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | Reported trees and power lines down in the McCords Ferry Rd. area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Reported dime to nickel size hail in the McCords Ferry Rd. area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | EM reported roof ripped off a house and approximately 30 trees down in the Lone Star area. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Public reported nickel size hail in Lone Star. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lone Star | - | SCE&G reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Spotter and couple of farmers reported nickel size hail in and around Lone Star. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Sheriff reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tina | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Creston | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Weeks Landing | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wiles Crossroads | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cameron | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Singleton | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Motte | 9.6 miles | 13 |
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 Lone Star | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461510 | 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 1224106. 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.








