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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | $1,500 | Trees reported blown down along Augusta Stage Coach Road. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | $1,000 | Trees were reported down along Augusta Stagecoach Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | Hampton County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Augusta Stage Coach and Shirley Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | Hampton County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Shirley Road and Augusta Stagecoach Road. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down in the 4000 block of Augusta Stage Coach Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Jericho Road between Augusta Stage Coach Road and Collie Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Martins Landing | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Scotia | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Garnett | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Steep Bottom (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Furman | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lawtonville Crossroads | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| De Loach | 7.3 miles | 16 |
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.








