Pregnall, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Harleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29437. The Survey maps it on the Harleyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Ridgeville quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1973 USGS Harleyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Pregnall between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,413 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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 | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 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
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pregnall in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Pregnall | $20,000 | A Dorchester County emergency manager shared a picture of paved Wire Road washed out near the intersection with Zion Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pregnall | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Short Cut Road near the intersection with Highway 78. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Green | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Byrd | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Dorchester | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Harleyville | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Texas | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Giant | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Saint George | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Russell Lake Landing | 6.5 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 Q122572014 | 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 1250237. 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.










