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Sandy Run, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sandy Run-Staley Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29160. The Survey maps it on the Saylors Lake quadrangle.

Sandy Run within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 921 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning49
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Run: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roof MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Fullers Earth PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Run in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 1997: 3 hail, 1 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
June 1997HailSandy Run-no account filed
April 1997HailSandy Run-no account filed
May 1996HailSandy Run-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindSandy Run-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Oak Grove1.5 miles16
Enos4.4 miles12
Hammond Crossroads7.6 miles13
Staley Crossroads9.0 miles13
Totness9.5 miles13
Saint Matthews13.6 miles13
Wertz Crossroads14.4 miles13
Singleton14.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231772. 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.