Southeast Newberry, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29108. The Survey maps it on the Newberry East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Newberry East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Southeast Newberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | 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 Southeast Newberry: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southeast Newberry in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | $4,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Hwy 395. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | $1,000 | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down between Newberry and Prosperity near Colony Church Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | - | Trees and power lines were downed along Clara Brown Rd. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | - | Trees down on Fire Tower Rd at Clara Brown Rd. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | - | A severe thunderstorm downburst continued south of Newberry, across southern Newberry Co SC, downing numerous trees from west of Prosperity, southeast across SR 391, and southeast to near the shore of Lake Murray. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | - | Trees down near Clara Brown Rd and Hwy 395. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Newberry | - | Trees down on Interstate 26 east of Newberry. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Newberry | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bachman Chapel | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Prosperity | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Taylors Crossroads | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Helena | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Devils Cross Roads | 4.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122550307 | The 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 1228833. 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.






