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Sedalia, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cross Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. The Survey maps it on the Sedalia quadrangle.

Sedalia within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Sedalia between 1992 and 2017, burning about 322 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2002Natural5.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsBLACK ROCK
23 July 2008Natural4.8 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTREE STAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sedalia: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Gold, Vermiculite. 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
Gregory QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1908
VanceVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
West MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedalia in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSedalia-County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the southern part of Union County.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSedalia-At least one tree was blown down on power lines near the intersection of Sardis Rd and Old Buncombe Rd. A tree was also blown down on Whitmire Highway, with at least four trees down on Lee Cemetery Rd.
June 2005HailSedalia-no account filed
March 1996HailSedalia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Cross Keys3.4 miles15
Shady Grove (historical)3.9 miles13
Bishop Town (historical)4.1 miles12
Wildcat (historical)6.1 miles15
Sardis6.7 miles12
Black Jack Valley (historical)7.0 miles15
Red Town (historical)8.3 miles12
South Hills8.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231787. 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.