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Newtonville, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the McColl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29570. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville North quadrangle.

Newtonville within Marlboro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Newtonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 817 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined107
Debris and open burning85
Arson/incendiarism66
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Natural4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceROSS STREET
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLAUCH BLUE FIRE #2
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newtonville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Turner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Turner's Paving Contractors Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtonville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNewtonville$5,000Large trees were blocking the road near the intersection of Bradley Road and Highway 385. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewtonville$1,000A tree was reported down on Highway 38 near the intersection with Bruton Fork Church Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Marlboro 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
Brutons Fork1.6 miles8
Boykin1.7 miles8
Lester2.1 miles8
Fletcher2.3 miles10
Adamsville Crossroads2.7 miles10
Burnt Factory (historical)2.9 miles8
Breeden4.0 miles8
Tatum5.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231590. 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.