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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.

Lone Star within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

144 since 1992

Regional 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mccurry PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2008Tornado (EF1)Lone Star$500,000Storm 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 2015Thunderstorm WindLone Star$14,000EM reported multiple trees and utility poles down in Lonestar.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindLone Star$12,000Dispatch reported trees down east of St. Matthews near Lake Marion along Hwy 267.
October 2016Flash FloodLone Star$10,000South 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 2012Thunderstorm WindLone Star$8,000Tri County Electric COOP reported trees and powerlines down near Lone Star.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLone Star$3,000Highway Patrol reports trees down at 3 Bridges Road and McCords Ferry Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000Public reports a couple of trees down on Hwy 267 just north of Lonestar.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000Park Service reported trees down in the backyard of the Ranger Home Residence.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000Public reported a couple of trees down on McCords Ferry Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000Highway Patrol reported a couple of trees down on Old River Road blocking the highway near the west end of Santee State Park.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000Sheriff reported trees down near Lonestar and Creston at Hwy 33 and Hwy 6.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLone Star$2,000DOT reported trees down at Stone Pole in the Santee Lakes area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLone Star-SCHP reported trees down on Cameron Rd and McCords Ferry Rd near Lone Star. Time estimated.
May 2020HailLone Star-EM reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail along Stumphole Rd. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLone Star-Calhoun Co dispatch reported trees down along Old River Rd near Lake Marion.
September 2020Tornado (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 2011HailLone Star-Public reported golfball size hail near Old River Road and Fairway Road near the lake.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLone Star-Reported trees and power lines down in the McCords Ferry Rd. area.
June 2009HailLone Star-Reported dime to nickel size hail in the McCords Ferry Rd. area.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLone Star-EM reported roof ripped off a house and approximately 30 trees down in the Lone Star area.
August 2007HailLone Star-Public reported nickel size hail in Lone Star.
April 2006HailLone Star-SCE&G reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 1999HailLone Star-Spotter and couple of farmers reported nickel size hail in and around Lone Star.
June 1998HailLone Star-Sheriff reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Tina2.0 miles13
Creston3.6 miles13
Weeks Landing4.5 miles13
Wiles Crossroads7.1 miles13
Midway8.0 miles13
Cameron8.1 miles13
Singleton8.7 miles13
Fort Motte9.6 miles13

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 StarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461510The 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.