Pimlico, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Moncks Corner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Molly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kittredge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1919 USGS Cordesville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Kittredge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Pimlico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 45 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pimlico in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimlico | - | An area of thunderstorms, some locally severe, moved from west of Savannah northeast across southern and eastern South Carolina from Jasper County to Georgetown County. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines, damaged roofs, and caused other minor damage. Gusts over 57 mph were reported in Beaufort and 65-70 mph, five miles southwest of Summerville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Landing | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mepkin | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Childsbury | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rice Hope | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wappoola | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ellwood | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tarry Town | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kittredge | 2.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230571. 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.





