Thor, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pelion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29123. It stands on Crawford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wagener quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Seivern quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Wagener quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
304 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Thor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,624 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 22 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 | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thor in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thor | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported trees down on Highway 302 near the Edisto River Bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelion | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Testo | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview Crossroads | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Macedon | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Swansea | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sharpes Hill | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rayflin | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Steedman | 10.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231861. 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.







