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Montmorenci, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the New Ellenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

Montmorenci within Aiken 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

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Montmorenci between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,121 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 23 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 burning99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined99
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Natural29 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Montmorenci: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Aiken County Pit EastClayPast Producer
Chaingang Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montmorenci in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci$2,000Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 421.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Aiken Dispatch reported a tree and power lines down at Old Dibble Rd and Banks Mill Rd. Time Estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Tree down in roadway at Old Dribble Rd and Woodward Dr.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Multiple trees down on Old Barnwell Rd near Express Ln. Time estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Law enforcement reported trees down at Martin Hollow Road and Toolbeck Road.
April 2012HailMontmorenci-Public reported dime size hail near Aiken.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Public reported several trees down.
August 2007HailMontmorenci-Public reported 1 inch hail near the intersection of Old Tory and Charles Ford roads.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-Public reported a few trees down near the intersection of Old Tory and Charles Ford roads.
March 2012HailMontmorenci-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMontmorenci-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Nicholson Village2.1 miles18
Roseland2.3 miles18
Couchton2.4 miles15
Barclay Park2.5 miles18
Ansley Park2.5 miles18
Quail Hollow2.7 miles18
Oakwood2.8 miles15
Gatewood3.3 miles18

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 MontmorenciAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621931The 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 1246715. 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.