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Pritchard, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bluffton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29927. The Survey maps it on the Limehouse quadrangle.

Pritchard within Beaufort County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

462 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 462 fires within 5 miles of Pritchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,533 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 109 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/undetermined199
Debris and open burning121
Arson/incendiarism109
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural9
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2010Natural5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaufort County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pritchard: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jordan Mine - Highway 46SandUnknownSedimentary
Ward #1 MineSandUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Beaufort County

Storms near this place

20 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pritchard in 20 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024LightningPritchard$10,000A lightning strike started a structure fire on Lake Somerset Circle.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPritchard$7,500A trained weather spotter reported a 15 foot tall oak tree and two pine trees down along Cypress Hollow Road, 2 miles north-northwest of Pritchardville, South Carolina. One of the pine trees was reported to have fallen on a home.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindPritchard$1,000Law Enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Okatie Highway and Sun City Blvd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPritchard$1,000The Beaufort County Warning Point relayed a report of a 2 foot diameter tree down near the New River Bridge.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPritchard$750One tree and several tree limbs reported down at the Hidden Cypress Hill Golf Club.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindPritchard$500Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway near the intersection of Route 170 and Davis Road.
August 2024Flash FloodPritchard-Law enforcement reported flood waters entering through the front door of a home along Broughton Circle.
August 2024Flash FloodPritchard-Emergency manager reports water entering home on Broughton Circle.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchard-A 911 call center reported a tree down on an apartment complex.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchard-A 911 call center reported 3 trees down along Del Webb Boulevard and Okatie Highway.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPritchard-The Beaufort County Dispatch reported a tree down on Okatie Highway near the intersection with Bluffton Parkway.
June 2021HailPritchard-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Sunbeam Drive.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPritchard-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down on a home near Alexandra Loop.
April 2017HailPritchard-The public reported quarter size hail on Biltmore Drive in Sun City, SC.
May 2016Flash FloodPritchard-The intersection of Highway 170 and Highway 278 was closed due to flooding until around 745 am EDT.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPritchard-A Facebook post showed multiple large oak trees down near the intersection of Highway 278 and Highway 170 in Okatie.
August 2015Flash FloodPritchard-The Highway Patrol reported a road closed due to flooding at the intersection of Okatie Highway and Fording Island Road.
April 2013HailPritchard-The Emergency Manager reported quarter to golf ball size hail in Sun City.
February 2013Flash FloodPritchard-The media reported the entrance ramp to Highway 170 and Highway 278 closed due to high water.
March 2011HailPritchard-A CoCoRaHS observer reported ping pong ball size hail, 6 miles west-northwest of Bluffton, South Carolina.

Every storm recorded in Beaufort County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pritchardville2.0 miles17
Barrell Landing5.2 miles16
Palmetto Bluff6.7 miles17
Cherry Point Landing7.2 miles16
Pinckney Colony7.5 miles16
Bluffton7.5 miles18
Myrtle Island7.6 miles18
Brighton Beach8.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250250. 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.