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Seivern, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29164. It stands on Juniper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seivern quadrangle.

Seivern within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Seivern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,480 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 30 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 burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken 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 Seivern: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Aiken MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seivern in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
February 2012Tornado (EF2)Seivern$240,000NWS storm survey confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down north of Wagener near the Aiken/Lexington county line. A two story home that was built up off the ground was destroyed and a brick home was severely damaged. Other homes also suffered damage. Many trees were down as well.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSeivern-SCHP reported tree blocking roadway at Westbridge Rd and Charmont Dr. Time estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSeivern-Highway Patrol reported trees down on Fairview Road near Forts Pond Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSeivern-Reported a couple of trees down near Wagener.

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Chaffee (historical)1.3 miles12
Barefoot3.7 miles12
New Holland Crossroads3.9 miles12
New Holland4.5 miles12
Wagener5.0 miles12
Camp Rawls5.6 miles12
Berlin6.3 miles12
Oak Grove6.5 miles16

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 Q122544242The 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 1231791. 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.