Meriwether, South Carolina
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29821. The Survey maps it on the Clarks Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1920 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Meriwether between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-COLUMBIA-004 |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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 Meriwether: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dixie Mountain Serpentine Dep | Magnesite, Chromium | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meriwether in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Lightning | Meriwether | $200,000 | Lightning struck a home in the Mt. Vintage subdivision in Merriwether causing major damage to a 2 story brick home. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meriwether | $5,000 | WAGT TV reported trees down in Meriwether. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Meriwether | $4,000 | An EF1 tornado started in Meriweather and intermittently touched down along a northeast track to 6 miles SSW of Edgefield. Minor damage was done to two homes with trees down along its path. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Meriwether | - | The public reported quarter size hail near Meriwether. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Meriwether | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Meriwether | - | Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Meriwether | - | Sheriff reported trees down with minor damage to some homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Hill | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Woodlawn | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Modoc | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Parksville | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bethany (historical) | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Parks Mill | 14.3 miles | 16 | |
| Whitetown | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Plum Branch | 14.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231538. 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.












