Pleasant Lane, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pleasant Lane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29824. It stands on Little Stevens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Owdoms quadrangle.
On record in Pleasant Lane
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Edgefield County Bridge No. 3, Road S-63 spanning Log Creek, Pleasant Lanefederal building survey, 6 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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
- 1964 USGS Owdoms quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Lane between 1992 and 2017, burning about 327 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | PITTSBURGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Lane: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Corundum, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite, Aluminum, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boles Mtn Andalusite Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Boles Occurrence | Corundum, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite, Aluminum | Unknown | Diaspore, Pyrophyllite, Corundum, Kyanite, Andalusite | |
| Crystal Blue Quarry No. 2 | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Faulkner Mountain Pyrophillite Prospect | Pyrophyllite, Andalusite | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Edgefield Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Turkey Creek | Clay | Producer | ||
| Faulkner Mountain Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Landrum Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Landrum and Quattlebaum Mine Southern Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Long Cane Road Prospect | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Lane in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | $8,000 | Sheriff and Utility Company reported trees and powerlines down across northern Edgefield into Johnston. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | $3,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down northwest of Edgefield on Hwy 25. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | $3,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down northwest of Edgefield on Hwy 25. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | $1,000 | DOT reported a couple of powerlines and traffic signal light down east northeast of Edgefield on Hwy 378. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Edgefield County dispatch reports trees down along Hwy 378 in Edgefield County. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Public report and photo, submitted via social media, of large tree branches down on the road on Meeting Street Rd, north of Edgefield. Exact location and time estimated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | SCHP reported tree down in roadway at US Hwy 25 and US Hwy 378. Time estimated. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | County highway dept reported several trees down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | SC DOT office in Edgefield reported two trees down in the vicinity of N Martintown Rd and US Hwy 378. Time estimated. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pleasant Lane | - | Edgefield Co EM reported baseball size hail at Hwy 25 and Hwy 378. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pleasant Lane | - | Edgefield County EM reported hail ranging in size from pea size to a little larger than golf ball size. There were several reports of damaged vehicles. The main impact area was Long Cane Rd and Hwy 378 west to the McCormick Co line. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Edgefield Co dispatch reported trees down along US Hwy 378. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Edgefield County Sheriffs Office reported trees and power lines down on Hwy 25. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Pleasant Lane | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Trees down on N. Martintown Rd. near US Hwy 378. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Lane | - | Public reported 2 large trees down across Adams Rd. near Ouzts Rd. They also reported hail but the size was unknown. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pleasant Lane | - | Public reported nickel size hail along hwy 25 NNW of Edgefield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lime Stone (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tompkins Cross Roads | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Meeting Street | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cleora | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sullivan Crossroads | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mathais Crossroads | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brunson Crossroads | 6.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122553728 | 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 1250183. 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.






