Nesmith, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Nesmith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29580. It stands on Headless Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indiantown quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
On record in Nesmith
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Gamble Houselisted 1978
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Black Mingo Baptist Church, SC Secondary Road 162, Nesmithfederal building survey, 12 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Indiantown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Indiantown quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
359 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Nesmith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,952 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 85 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 burning | 145 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nesmith: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Parsons Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nesmith in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nesmith | $25,000 | Storm survey found several trees snapped and a pack house was blown off its blocks. Another house sustained wind and hail damage. Golfball size hail was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nesmith | $4,000 | Several trees were reportedly down along Sandhill Road. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nesmith | $3,000 | TREES DOWN ON CAR |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nesmith | - | A report came in of a tree down in roadway. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Nesmith | - | Nickel size hail covered the ground. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nesmith | - | Electric company reported numerous large trees down with downed power lines. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Nesmith | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chandlers | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Henry | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Snow Junction | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dorseytown | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Morrisville | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rome | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gordonville | 4.1 miles | 8 |
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 Nesmith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6997432 | The 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 1231585. 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.





