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Renno, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29325. The Survey maps it on the Joanna quadrangle.

Renno within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Renno between 1992 and 2019, burning about 362 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National Forestsnot named
28 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens 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 Renno: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Eastern White-rock Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChemical Sediment, Marine
Joanna QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Laurens County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renno in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Renno-NWS storm survey found the path of a weak tornado along Highway 72 in extreme eastern Laurens County. Damage was limited to multiple trees uprooted or snapped in this very rural area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRenno-Trees were blown down on highway 72 east of Clinton.

Every storm recorded in Laurens 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
Stomp Springs1.9 miles13
Bonds Crossroads2.0 miles12
Neighbors Crossroads2.2 miles12
Dover (historical)3.1 miles12
Joanna4.6 miles12
Huntington (historical)4.6 miles13
Garlington (historical)5.2 miles13
Smallwood5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230234. 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.