Parler, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elloree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29142. The Survey maps it on the Felderville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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 Bowman quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1982 USGS Felderville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
480 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of Parler between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,975 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 53 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 | 184 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parler in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Parler | $100,000 | SCHP reported road flooding with road closure at US HWY 301 and SC 267. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parler | $3,000 | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Harvard Lane between Santee River Road and Hwy 6. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parler | - | SC Dept of public Safety reported a tree down blocking the roadway on Tee Vee Rd. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Parler | - | The same severe thunderstorm that produced widespread wind damage also produced golf ball sized hail near Lake Marion High School near Santee, SC. An NWS storm survey team found significant hail damage to the high school including damage to the air conditioning units and windows. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parler | - | Tree in roadway on Tee Vee Rd. Time estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partersville | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Santee | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Felderville | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Milligans | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Elloree | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dantzler | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Vance | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oaks Crossroads | 6.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231635. 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.











