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Scott, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the St. Helena Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29920. It lies near Capers Island. The Survey maps it on the Saint Phillips Island quadrangle.

Scott within Beaufort County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Scott between 1993 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaufort County

Storms near this place

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott in 16 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindScott$2,000A Beaufort County emergency manager reported 2 trees down on Lands End Road. A vehicle also struck one of the downed trees.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindScott$1,000Law enforcement relayed a report of a tree down on Storyteller Road, which was likely caused by thunderstorm outflow.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindScott$1,000Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down on the road at Lands End Road and Ephriam Road as well as Lands End Road and Storyteller Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindScott$1,000Law enforcement reported power lines down at the intersection of Ephraim Road and Seaside Road on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindScott$500Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Lands End Road and Ephriam Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindScott-The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Seaside Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindScott-The Beaufort County Dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Family Lane and Lands End Road.
March 2018HailScott-A CoCoRaHS volunteer reported hail ranging from the size of quarters to golf balls.
March 2018HailScott-A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail on Saint Helena Island near Cuffee Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindScott-Beaufort County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Lands End Road and Storyteller Road on St. Helena Island.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the 40 block of Candy Johnson Drive.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-An emergency manager reported trees down on Candy Johnson Drive.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-Tuc In De Woods Campground reported numerous trees down with power and cable both out of service.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-A tree was blown down along Dolphin Point Drive on Cat Island.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-A tree was reported down at the intersection of Seaside Road and Cuffy Road on Saint Helena Island.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindScott-Beaufort County communications center reported a tree down on Perry Road at Orange Grove Road.

Every storm recorded in Beaufort 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
Longwood1.8 miles18
Fort Fremont2.7 miles18
Lands End3.9 miles18
Santa Elena (historical)3.9 miles18
Orange Grove4.3 miles19
Frogmore4.3 miles16
Port Royal4.3 miles19
Mariners Watch4.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231783. 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.