Suttons, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Trio quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Suttons between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,993 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 101 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 | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LAUREL |
| 28 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suttons in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Suttons | $2,000 | June Branch Avenue was reported flooded. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttons | $1,500 | A large tree was reported down across Santee Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Suttons | $1,000 | Flooding reported along Santee Road in Williamsburg county south of Andrews. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttons | - | Tree down partially blocking Santee Road between Strong Road and Wee Tee Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Corner | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Singletary Forks | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Creek | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Ridge | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cook Corner | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Trio | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Blakely | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Earle | 7.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q122548552 | 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 1251082. 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.
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.




