Strother, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29015. It stands on Old Ridge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1969 USGS Blair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Strother between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FS400 |
| 26 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | ROCKEY BRANCH |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | MT. PLEASANT |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Strother: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Blair Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1908 | |
| Blair Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dickert Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strother in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strother | $6,000 | Sheriff reported trees down near the Broad River Bridge on SC Hwy 34. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Creek | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dawkins | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lylesford (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sueville (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Salem Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Monticello | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Old Buckhead | 6.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230377. 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.







