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Springtown, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Olar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29003. The Survey maps it on the Clear Pond quadrangle.

Springtown within Bamberg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Springtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 760 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning61
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
26 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Natural45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bamberg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Springtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kirkland MineLimestone, GeneralProducer1981

Every working recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springtown in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 7 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSpringtown$10,000Sheriff reported trees down at Clear Pond road and Hwy 601.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringtown$4,000DOT reported several trees down along Hwy 301.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringtown$4,000Sheriff reported trees down on Ehrhardt Road between Hwy 301 and Olar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSpringtown$3,000Dispatch reported trees down in the area of Clear Pond Road and Hwy 601.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Springtown$1,000An EF0 tracked across the rural roads taking down trees and a few powerlines in its path.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringtown-Bamberg County dispatch reported a tree down over Erhardt Road near the intersection of Tabernacle Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringtown-SC DOT reported several trees down in the area of Clear Pond Rd, Orange Grove Rd, and Ehrhardt Rd. Time estimated.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringtown-Bamberg dispatch relayed report from the public of a tree down on power lines, causing a power outage, near US Hwy 301 and the bridge over the Little Salkehatchie river.

Every storm recorded in Bamberg 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
Govan4.0 miles16
Clear Pond4.3 miles15
Luther (historical)4.8 miles15
Olar5.1 miles16
Bamberg6.6 miles15
Ott (historical)6.7 miles15
Hughes7.1 miles15
Sato7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230984. 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.