BlockNorth Mullins, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Mullins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29574. The Survey maps it on the Mullins quadrangle.
On record in North Mullins
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 within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mt. Olive Baptist Churchlisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
J.C. Teasley House0.6 miles away
Imperial Tobacco Company Buildinglisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Rasor and Clardy Company Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Mullins Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
A. H. Buchan Company Buildinglisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away- Old Brick Warehouse0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Mullins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mullins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of North Mullins between 1992 and 2019, burning about 621 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | 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 North Mullins: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snipes Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Snipes Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Mullins in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | North Mullins | $150,000 | The tornado formed near Old Nichols Highway northeast of Mullins,|SC. The tornado generally moved northeast and caused significant|tree damage toward the end of Ironwood Rd. It also destroyed a|small storage building and caused minor damage to 4 single wide|homes near the intersection of Gilcrist and Ironwood Rds. The|tornado moved across Gilchrist Rd and crossed an adjacent corn |field. The tornado then caused some additional tree damage along |Sugar Shack Place prior to lifting before reaching the Little Pee |Dee River. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mullins | $10,000 | Large trees were reported down across power lines along Prevatte Road. Power lines were reported down on Martin Street. A large tree was also reported down across Old Nichols Highway. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mullins | $3,000 | Tree down on car near SC-41 and Zion Road. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mullins | $1,000 | A large tree was reported down and blocking Zion Rd. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mullins | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 41 and Highway 917. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mullins | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly in the roadway near the intersection of Hoyt Rogers Road and Highway 917. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546836 | 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 1231600. 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.