White Pond, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Windsor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29853. The Survey maps it on the Williston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1923 USGS Williston quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Williston 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
- 1979 USGS Williston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of White Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,652 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 23 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 | 161 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | WINDSOR ROAD |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | 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
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Pond in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pond | $3,000 | DOT reported several trees down on US 378. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pond | - | Aiken Co dispatch reported a downed tree at Moseley Rd and Telfair Dr NW of Williston. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pond | - | SCHP reported trees down on Heritage Rd at Charleston Hwy (US Hwy 78). |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | White Pond | - | CoCoRaHS Observer reported 1.55 inches of rainfall in the past 90 minutes. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pond | - | Highway Department reported a tree down on U.S. Highway 278 AND Silver Bluff Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Beulah | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Windsor | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Apia (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oakwood | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kitchings Mill | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Montmorenci | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| New Ellenton | 11.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227558. 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.









