Tarboro, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Grays-Tillman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29943. The Survey maps it on the Pineland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1919 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Pineland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Tarboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,910 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarboro in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $2,500 | Trees were reported down in Tarboro. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $2,000 | Law Enforcement reported several trees down on Route 321 in Tarboro, South Carolina. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $1,750 | The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported power lines on fire due to fallen branches|near the intersection of Cotton Hill Road and Cypress Branch Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down on U.S. Route 321 between Bettersen Road and Tarboro Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Cotton Hill Road near Tarboro. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $1,000 | Large tree limbs fell on power lines knocking out power. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Cotton Hill Road in Tarboro, South Carolina. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Highway 321 south of Tarboro Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Pinehaven Drive and Dasher Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 321 and Tarboro Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down with power lines on Sand Hills Road west of Highway 321. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Highway 321 and Tarboro Road. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Tarboro | - | A 911 call center reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Highway 321 near Tarboro. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large limbs. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Several trees were down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Landing | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Robertville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Groover Landing | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pineland | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Myers (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tillman | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cosby | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Berrys Landing | 8.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231852. 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.









