New Zion, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sardinia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29111. It stands on Trustless Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sardinia quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Mayesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
378 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of New Zion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,992 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 90 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 | 156 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Zion in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | $8,000 | Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down on Walker Gamber Road near Laurel Drive. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | - | SC Department of Public Safety reported trees down at the intersection of Salem and Old Manning Roads. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | - | SCDOT reported a tree down on Old Manning Road near Black River Road. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | New Zion | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey confirmed a high-end EF0 tornado just south of New Zion, SC in Clarendon County. The tornado had a path length of 1.5 miles, width of about 40 yards, and peak winds of 85 mph. The tornado began in a field east of Old Manning Road and just south of Knowlton Road, then moved northwest along Old Manning Road, snapping numerous trees along its path and knocking down many large branches. The tornado then moved across the intersection of Old Manning Road and Newman Branch Road where it caused the most extensive damage. In this area, an empty trailer was overturned and moved about 20 yards. A warehouse building had an exterior wood and cinder block wall collapse, likely due to an uplift of the roof. A large grain auger was knocked over, metal at the top of a silo was twisted, and a metal and wood equipment shelter was destroyed. A couple of nearby buildings also had minor roof damage. The tornado then crossed into a corn field, where it knocked down the crops in a convergent wind pattern. The tornado then appeared to weaken as it tracked northwest just to the west of Old Manning Road, causing mostly minor tree damage before dissipating near Walker Gamble Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | - | Clarendon Co Sheriff reported trees down across Walker Gamble Rd near Turbeville. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | - | Power lines down on Walker Gamble Rd. Tree limbs down throughout the area. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Zion | - | Sheriff reported trees down between hwys 301 and 378. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beards Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Seloc | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sardinia | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Turbeville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Union Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Gable | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Barrineau Crossroads | 6.7 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 New Zion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988782 | 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 1225029. 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.
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.










