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Shelton, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29015. It stands on High Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle.

Shelton within Fairfield County

On record in Shelton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Shelton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 511 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning10
Smoking7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2007Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelton in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Shelton$5,000NWS storm survey followed up on reports of trees down from the utility company and postal carriers. Many trees were down along the path and minor damage was done to a home and out-buildings at 1517 Clowney road. The tornado peaked about a quarter of a mile west of the home as an EF1.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Shelton$5,000Storm survey found trees down along a path about 60 yards wide on Mcconnel road, SC20-99, hwy 215, and Cool Branch road.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindShelton$1,000DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 51.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShelton-SC DOT official reported trees down on 99 Rd between the Broad River and SC Hwy 215. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindShelton-Tree down at 99 Rd and Auburn Dr. Time estimated.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindShelton-SLED reported large limbs down on HWY 215.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Clayton0.7 miles15
Lylesford (historical)3.1 miles15
Feasterville3.2 miles12
Cool Branch4.2 miles13
Blair5.4 miles15
Rock Creek6.8 miles14
Old Buckhead7.1 miles14
Strother7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250855. 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.