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Montrose, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29520. It stands on Juniper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle.

Montrose within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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 burning104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2013Debris and open burning1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Natural25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Montrose: 8 unknowns, 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Becker Sand and Gravel Co.Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownMagnetite, Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
Thompson CreekTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cash MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pee Dee MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chesterfield County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 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
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMontrose$2,000Cheraw State Park Golf Course reported several trees down along with dime size hail.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Chesterfield County Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down on Hey 52 near the Cheraw State Park entrance.
July 2024HailMontrose-Broadcast media received a report of large hail in the Cash community, just south of Cheraw.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMontrose-The media reported through social media of trees and power lines downed along Highway 52. Also...large limbs down in yards and on power lines in the community of Cash.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Dispatch reported a tree blocking the roadway at Highway 52 and New Zion Church Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down near Old Cash Road.
April 2012HailMontrose-Dime to penny size hail covered the ground at Cheraw State Park.
April 2012HailMontrose-Public reported nickel to quarter size hail south of Cheraw.

Every storm recorded in Chesterfield 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
Cash1.2 miles8
Fisher Hill4.2 miles8
McNeils (historical)4.3 miles8
Cheraw4.3 miles8
Kimberly4.9 miles8
Excelsior (historical)5.2 miles8
Windsor Park5.3 miles8
Isgett Circle5.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231556. 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.