Simmonsville, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29585. It lies near Butler Island. The Survey maps it on the Waverly Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Waverly Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Simmonsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 511 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Simmonsville: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawleys Island | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach | |
| Waverly Mills Quadrangle | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simmonsville in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Hail | Simmonsville | $1,000 | A retired NWS Meteorologist reported golf ball size hail on Debordieu Boulevard. The hail lasted for 10 minutes. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Simmonsville | - | Heavy rain produced flooding on Kings River Road and Highway 17. The roads were impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagley Estates | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Marysville | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pawleys Plantation | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Waterford Heights | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pawleys Woods | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| True Blue | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Birds Nest | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gray Mans Cove | 2.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1226632. 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.




