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Seigling, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Allendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29810. The Survey maps it on the Allendale quadrangle.

Seigling within Allendale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Seigling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 759 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 42 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 burning63
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2009Smoking1.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Natural10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allendale County

Storms near this place

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seigling in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 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
July 2013Flash FloodSeigling$5,000Emergency Manager reported that the Don Houck Pond breached and flood waters have spilled over Breezie Hill Road, portions of Highway 301, Mount Calvary Road, Tutens Pond Road, Williams Road, Long Pond Road and Concord Church Road were all impassable due to debris in the roads.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSeigling$5,000The Allendale County Emergency Manager reported several trees down along Highway 278, one of which fell on a shed.
July 2013Flash FloodSeigling$1,000Concord Church Road was closed near Gadson Morris Road due to flash flooding..
July 2013Flash FloodSeigling$1,000Concord Church Road between Highway 301 and Gadson Morris Road was closed due to flash flooding.
July 2010Heavy RainSeigling$1,000The Allendale county Emergency Manager reported Crawford Road was washed out and not passable due to heavy rainfall, in Appleton, South Carolina.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSeigling$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 278 near Concord Church Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSeigling$750A member of the public posted pictures of a tree branch approximately 8 inches in diameter that had fallen and knocked down a wooden clothesline along the 200 block of Goodson Street.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSeigling$500Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 125, two miles northwest of Allendale, South Carolina.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSeigling$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Route 278 in Seigling, South Carolina.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSeigling-Allendale County Emergency Management reported a tree down in the 1300 block of Concord Church Road.
March 2022HailSeigling-A business located just northwest of Allendale reported hail up to the size of pennies.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSeigling-The South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 301 and Googe Street in Allendale.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSeigling-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down that brought down a power line at the intersection of Highway 278 and Concord Church Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSeigling-The Allendale County South Carolina Department of Transportation office reported a tree down on Highway 278 just outside of Allendale.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSeigling-The Allendale County South Carolina Department of Transportation office reported a tree down on Googe Road closest to the end where it intersects with Breezy Hill Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSeigling-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down across Highway 278 near Collums Lumber.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Seigling-A tornado snapped and downed several trees.
June 2004Tornado (F1)Seigling-Numerous trees snapped or uprooted.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindSeigling-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large limbs.
May 2006HailSeigling-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allendale 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
Grays Crossroads0.2 miles15
Appleton2.5 miles15
Allendale2.5 miles15
Mathis (historical)2.7 miles15
Hayes Crossroads2.8 miles15
Woods Crossroads4.4 miles15
Moores Crossroads4.5 miles15
Coalla (historical)4.9 miles15

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 Q122597136The 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 1227979. 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.