Plantersville, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Plantersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle.
On record in Plantersville
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 3 records
Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruinslisted 1974
Summer Chapel Rectory, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Churchlisted 1988
Summer Chapel, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Churchlisted 1988
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Prince Frederick's Chapel (Ruins), U.S. Route 52, Plantersvillefederal building survey, 3 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Plantersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,949 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 52 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 | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 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
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plantersville in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Plantersville | 1 killed, $20,000 | A person accidentally drove into a flooded area and drowned. |
| May 2015 | Lightning | Plantersville | 1 hurt | A man was under his truck when it was struck by lightning. He sustained only minor injuries. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | $7,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey found 10 pine trees down. The damage was the result of a microburst. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | $3,000 | Trees were reported down in the 14000 block of N Fraser Street. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Plantersville | $2,000 | Portions of Lamb Road were reported flooded. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Plantersville | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Plantersville. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Plantersville | - | Fire department reported dime size hail. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Plantersville | - | Sheriff reported hail and wind gusts over 60 mph causing a power outage in the area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | - | WIND GUST TO 50 KTS DOWNED TREES IN THE YAUHANNAH COMMUNITY (ABOUT 5N OF PLANTERSVILLE) |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | - | Trees down. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Plantersville | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Plantersville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Pauls | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gilliard | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Jackson | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Tabor | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Belin | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ruinsville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lower Topsaw Landing | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Rena | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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 Plantersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q268293 | 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 1225523. 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.




