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Marlboro, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville South quadrangle.

Marlboro within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Ruins, Adjoining Golf Club, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
Ruins, Adjoining Golf Club, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Courthouse (Entrance), Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
Courthouse (Entrance), Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
MacColl House, 1157 Highway 15/401 West, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
MacColl House, 1157 Highway 15/401 West, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

299 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Marlboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,968 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 87 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/incendiarism87
Debris and open burning85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
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
30 September 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2009Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marlboro: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blenhein Block Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marlboro MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marlboro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marlboro in 2 storm reports in 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMarlboro$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Salem Road and Polston Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMarlboro$1,000A tree was reported down along Coxe Road.

Every storm recorded in Marlboro 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
Salem1.7 miles8
Scott2.2 miles8
Dyers Hill3.5 miles8
Monroe Crossroads4.1 miles8
Argyle4.2 miles8
Welsh Neck (historical)4.3 miles8
Blenheim4.6 miles8
Dundee Acres4.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246535. 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.