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Warsaw, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Nesmith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw quadrangle.

Warsaw within Williamsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

407 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Warsaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,642 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 99 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 burning138
Missing data/not specified/undetermined130
Arson/incendiarism99
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2

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
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Warsaw: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
M & T Chemicals/ Andrews, S.C.ZirconiumPlant
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winyah Block Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Williamsburg County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$5,000Power company reported trees downed onto power lines.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$1,100A large oak tree was reported down along Highway 527. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$1,000A tree was reported down on Highway 527. The time was estimated based on radar data.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Tree reported down on County Line Road (SC Hwy 41) near the intersection with Miracle |Loop.
July 2008HailWarsaw-Hail up to the size of half dollars covered the ground.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Law enforcement reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Williamsburg 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
Harper Crossroads3.0 miles9
Antioch3.1 miles9
Andrews4.0 miles9
Bloomingvale4.2 miles8
Cooper5.1 miles8
Earle5.5 miles8
Snow Town5.6 miles8
Tisdale5.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227409. 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.