Segars, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. It stands on Segars Mill Stream. The Survey maps it on the Lake Robinson 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
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Robinson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
607 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 607 fires within 5 miles of Segars between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,993 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 86 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 burning | 230 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 184 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Segars in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segars | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Ruby Road near the Chapel Hill Baptist Church. The time of event was estimated by radar data. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Segars | $500 | Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported covering the ground. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Segars | - | Hail estimated up to penny size was reported on Oakbend Drive. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segars | - | A tree was reported blown down on Oakbend Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Market | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Botany Woods | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hollandia Park | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fox Hollow | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Acres | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| West Hartsville | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Ridge | 1.8 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122597997 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231788. 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.







