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Mudlick, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chappells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29037. The Survey maps it on the Bush River quadrangle.

Mudlick within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Mudlick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning14
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry 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 Mudlick: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Vermiculite. 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
Verenes TractVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Newberry County MineClayUnknown
Newbery County MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mudlick in 11 storm reports between 2009 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMudlick$6,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Davenport Farm Lane at SC 56 near Kinards.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindMudlick$5,000Surveyor reported numerous trees down at Hwy 56 and Little River. The damage extended northwest along the river for about a mile.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMudlick$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at Belfast and Brehmer Roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMudlick$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the roadway near SC 56 and Brehmer road.
April 2019HailMudlick$100Nickel sized hail reported by the public along Sandy Run Creek Rd near Roberta Hall Rd. The hail lasted around 5 minutes.
April 2019HailMudlick$100Pea size hail covered the ground.
April 2019HailMudlick$100Dime size hail lasted about 5 minutes and covered the ground, on Brehmer Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMudlick-Newberry County Dispatch reports trees down at the intersection of Belfast Road and Highway 56. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMudlick-Newberry Co Sheriff's Office reported trees down along Hwy 56 and Brehmer Road. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMudlick-SCHP reported tree in roadway at SC Hwy 56 and Brehmer Rd. Time estimated.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMudlick-Tree down at SC Hwy 56 and Belfast Rd.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Vaughanville2.9 miles12
Scurry4.8 miles12
Chappells6.2 miles12
Longshore6.5 miles13
Bush River6.8 miles13
Trinity7.2 miles12
Oldtown (historical)8.1 miles12
Smyrna8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230079. 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.