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Savannah Grove, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Danwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29541. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle.

Savannah Grove within Florence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

531 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 531 fires within 5 miles of Savannah Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,950 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 108 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 burning166
Missing data/not specified/undetermined152
Arson/incendiarism108
Misuse of fire by a minor64
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking11
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence County

Storms near this place

11 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savannah Grove in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 2017LightningSavannah Grove$40,000Lightning struck a home on Jefferson Drive in Florence. The flames were coming up through the roof off the garage. The fire was contained fairly quickly and the damage was limited to where the lightning struck. No injuries.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$5,000Several large trees were blown down near Cashua St between Five Points and 2nd Loop.
May 2016HailSavannah Grove$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported near the intersection of Meyers-Cemetery Road and W John Paul Jones Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of S Cashua Drive and Cypress Point Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of W John Paul Jones Road and Savannah Grove Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$1,000A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Jefferson Drive and South Cashua Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$1,000A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of 3rd Loop Road and South Mayfair Terrace. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSavannah Grove$1,000A tree was reported down along Savannah Grove Road near the Elementary School.
April 2012HailSavannah Grove$250Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
April 2016HailSavannah Grove-Penny size hail was reported along Wisdom Lane.
March 2012HailSavannah Grove-Hail was measured up to three-quarters of an inch between 2nd Loop Road and 3rd Loop Road in the Windermere neighborhood.

Every storm recorded in Florence 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
Kings Grant0.6 miles11
Forest Lake South0.7 miles11
Waterford0.8 miles11
Colonial Forest0.8 miles11
South Point1.1 miles11
Benson Acres1.4 miles11
Enchanted Meadows1.5 miles11
Sunset Acres1.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242186. 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.