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Stover, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 29014. The Survey maps it on the Stover quadrangle.

Stover within Fairfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Stover between 1992 and 2019, burning about 510 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning10
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
17 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield 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 Stover: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mitford QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1979

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stover in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012HailStover$5,000Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in the Midford area.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStover$4,000Public reported trees and large branches down on Heritage Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStover$2,000SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Heritage Road near Hwy 901.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindStover$1,000County Official reported a tree down on hwy 901 at the count line.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindStover-South Carolina Hwy Patrol reported trees down on I-77 south of Heritage Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStover-SCHP reported tree on roadway on Heritage Rd near Trophy Hunt Club.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindStover-Fairfield dispatch reported trees down on Heritage Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStover-Trees down near Heritage Rd and Hwy 901.
June 2014HailStover-Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and windy conditions along Heritage Road.
June 2014HailStover-Public reported nickel size hail.
March 2012HailStover-Public reported up to quarter size hail along Heritage road.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Gladden Grove (historical)3.5 miles13
Mitford3.7 miles12
White Oak7.4 miles15
Woodward8.2 miles13
Biddle (historical)9.0 miles16
Bucklick9.2 miles16
Adger9.7 miles14
Taylors Creek10.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1226922. 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.