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Tillman, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grays-Tillman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29943. It stands on Sand Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tillman quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Tillman within Jasper County

On record in Tillman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Tillman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,444 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined137
Debris and open burning133
Arson/incendiarism88
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tillman: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Deerfield MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deerfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

23 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tillman in 23 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 23 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTillman$6,000The Jasper county warning point reported numerous trees down around Tillman, South Carolina.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTillman$3,000Tree down on Long Road near Tillman Road. Power line down on Meriweather Drive near Tillman road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTillman$1,000Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down in the 1050 block of Tillman Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTillman$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the 7600 Block of Deerfield Road. The tree came down due to thunderstorm outflow.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTillman$1,000The public reported a tree down in Tillman.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindTillman$1,000A 911 call center reported a tree down and blocking both lanes of B and C Landing Road.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindTillman$1,000Law Enforcement reported one tree down blocking Highway 119, near Tillman, South Carolina.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTillman$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Sand Hills Road in Tillman.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindTillman$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reports a tree down and blocking the roadway on Highway 321 near Floyd Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindTillman$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of US Highway 321 and SC Highway 336, near Tillman, South Carolina.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindTillman$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Fanhill Road in Tillman, South Carolina.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down along Hoover Plantation Drive near Cotton Hill Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTillman-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the roadway near the intersection of Highway 321 and Locked Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTillman-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 321 and Highway 336.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTillman-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway near the intersection of Highway 321 and Floyd Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down in the 7600 block of Deerfield Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTillman-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 119 near the intersection with Highway 321.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTillman-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 321 near the Deerfield Sand Pit.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County dispatch reported three trees down along Highway 321.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County communications center reported one tree knocked down on Deerfield Road near Tillman.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County warning point reported a tree down near the intersection of Tillman Road and Cotton Hill Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTillman-Jasper County warning point reported a tree down near the intersection of Tillman Road and Tarboro Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindTillman-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees across Highway 321.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Tarboro5.3 miles17
Deerfield5.6 miles15
Switzerland5.8 miles15
Berrys Landing5.8 miles15
Groover Landing6.1 miles15
Mitchellville6.1 miles15
Baker Hill6.3 miles17
Ridgeland6.8 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on TillmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621945The 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 1251172. 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.