Rodman, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. The Survey maps it on the Edgemoor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Rock Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Edgemoor quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Rodman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodman in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodman | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the eastern part of the county, especially in the Edgemoor and Richburg areas. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodman | - | Several large limbs and the tops of some trees were blown out in the Rodman community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hicklin Crossing | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Knox | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lewisville (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Smith | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Orrs | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lando | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Edgemoor | 4.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231743. 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.







