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Rimini, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29125. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle.

Rimini within Clarendon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Rimini between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,002 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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 burning79
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2009Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2013Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarendon 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 Rimini: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Lake Marion MineClayPast Producer
Mingo MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Clarendon County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rimini in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRimini$8,000Highway Patrol reported a tree on a house on Bacon Hill Road in Pinewood.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRimini$8,000Highway Patrol reported a tree on a house on Bacon Hill Road in Pinewood.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindRimini$5,000County Dispatch reported trees down at the intersection of Governor Richardson Road and Dreamers Lane causing one vehicle accident with no injuries.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRimini$5,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Governor Richardwson Road near Rimini.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRimini$1,000Highway Patrol reported powerlines down near Pinewood.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRimini-A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed a near continuous swath of straight line wind damage beginning near Swansea, extending southeast across Lake Marion into Clarendon County. An EF1 tornado also occurred within this broader swath of damage. Combining ground observations and radar, this swath started with a strong macroburst near Swansea causing substantial tree damage along Pine Plain Road and elsewhere. The damaging winds pushed southeast across Saint Matthews and Lone Star before crossing Lake Marion. Additional damaging winds occurred in Summerton, Davis Station, and Wyboo.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRimini-A tree fell on a powerline, and 3 power poles were broken, at Chewning Rd and Lang Rd near Pinewood. Time estimated.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRimini-SCHP reported downed trees on Elliotts Landing Rd at Old River Rd. Time estimated.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindRimini-Trees down taking down a power line along Chewing Rd.

Every storm recorded in Clarendon 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
Panola4.8 miles14
Belser Crossroads6.9 miles15
Silver7.6 miles14
Saint Paul8.4 miles15
Summerton9.0 miles13
Paxville9.0 miles14
Adams Landing10.3 miles15
North Santee11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250390. 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.