White Oak, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Winnsboro quadrangle.
On record in White Oak
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
White Oak Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Winnsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2019, burning about 504 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | White Oak | $35,000 | An EF0 touched town in the White Oak area and took down large trees and did minor damage to a church. Two vehicles were crushed under one tree with no occupants inside. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down near White Oak. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Large trees were uprooted at Patrick Rd and US Hwy 321 in White Oak. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Report of tree down on US Hwy 321 at White Oak. Time estimated. |
| May 2012 | Hail | White Oak | - | Electric COOP employee reported quarter size hail in the White Oak area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | County EM reported trees down in Northern Fairfield County from White Oak to Mitford. |
| May 2006 | Hail | White Oak | - | Highway dept reported quarter size hail in White Oak. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adger | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Woodward | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gladden Grove (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lebanon | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Winnsboro | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Douglass | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stover | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Winnsboro Mills | 7.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231916. 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.







