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Shirley, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Furman-Scotia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29922. It stands on Millpond Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shirley quadrangle.

Shirley within Hampton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Shirley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,446 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 65 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1997Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampton County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shirley in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 6 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 2012Thunderstorm WindShirley$1,500Trees reported blown down along Augusta Stage Coach Road.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindShirley$1,000Trees were reported down along Augusta Stagecoach Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindShirley-Hampton County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Augusta Stage Coach and Shirley Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindShirley-Hampton County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Shirley Road and Augusta Stagecoach Road.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Shirley-A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed the continuing path of a tornado, which initially developed in eastern Screven County, Georgia with an EF-1 tornado rating, tracking east across the Savannah River about 10 miles northeast of Newington, Georgia and entering Hampton County. The tornado continued an east path in Hampton County, crossing over marsh and a wooded area before quickly coming to an end before reaching Crab Orchard Road. Snapped and uprooted trees along the path remained consistent with an EF-1 tornado rating.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindShirley-Law enforcement reported a tree down in the 4000 block of Augusta Stage Coach Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindShirley-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Jericho Road between Augusta Stage Coach Road and Collie Road.

Every storm recorded in Hampton 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
Brighton4.0 miles15
Martins Landing4.1 miles15
Scotia4.1 miles16
Garnett5.3 miles17
Steep Bottom (historical)6.1 miles16
Furman6.9 miles16
Lawtonville Crossroads6.9 miles15
De Loach7.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1226585. 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.