Pineland, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Grays-Tillman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29934. The Survey maps it on the Pineland quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Pineland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
344 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Pineland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,579 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 70 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 | 140 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pineland in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 23 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Hail | Pineland | $5,000 | Three-quarters inch hail and trees down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cypress Branch Road near the intersection with Gillison Branch road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $1,000 | 2 trees down on Highway 601 near county line. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $500 | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near Pineland. The event occurred with outflow ahead of a thunderstorm. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $500 | Jasper County 911 Center reported a tree down near the Pineland Post Office. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway at Cypress Branch Road and Gillison Branch Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Calf Pen Bay Road near Cypress Branch Road, in Pineland, South Carolina. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | $500 | An electric company reported 1 tree down on Woodsville Road near Pineland, South Carolina. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Tye Branch Road and Richard Pollins Road. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Pineland | - | A report received via social media showed an image of ping pong size hail near Calf Pen Bay Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Law enforcement reported trees down on Gillison Branch Road and Calf Pen Bay Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 601 near Pineland. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Gillison Branch Road near Cypress Branch Road. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Calf Pen Bay Road near Pineland, SC. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Highway 601 near Holman Hill Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Tye Branch Road near the intersection with Highway 601. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway at the intersection of Pineland Road and Highway 652. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Calf Pen Bay Road near the intersection with Cohen Road. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cohen Road and Calf Pen Bay Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down along Highway 601 near the Tye Branch Road intersection. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway in the 300 block of Tye Branch Spur near Lee Lawyer Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down at the corner of Gillison Branch Road and Cypress Branch Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down at the intersection of Cohen Road and Calf Pen Bay Road. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Several trees, large limbs, and power lines were down. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineland | - | Several trees down, one fell on a building, and several large limbs down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robertville | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tarboro | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cosby | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Myers (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| New Landing | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gillisonville | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Groover Landing | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Grays | 9.0 miles | 16 |
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 Pineland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621947 | 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 1231661. 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.









