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Wilkins, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the St. Helena Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29907. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Frogmore quadrangle.

Wilkins within Beaufort County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaufort County

Storms near this place

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkins in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 18 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins$1,250The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported power lines down near the intersection of Boundary Street and Wilmington Street.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkins$1,000A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Springfield Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWilkins$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Coosaw Island, South Carolina.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWilkins$500A large pine tree was reported down in Rural Pines on Ladies Island.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Walnut Hill Street.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Beaufort County dispatch reported a tree down at Middle Road and Needlerush Court.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWilkins-The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on roadway at Francis Marion Circle.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line, causing a fire near the 100 block of Gannet Point Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkins-An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Coosaw River Drive and Sams Point.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A trained spotter reported over 10 trees and large branches down near Park Square off Coosaw Point Boulevard.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Alston Road and Sams Point Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported trees down on Sherman Drive.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down on Egret Drive.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Brickyard Point Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-An emergency manager reported a tree down and partially blocking Royal Pines Boulevard near Francis Marion Circle.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-An emergency manager reported a tree down and partially blocking Springfield Road near Marsh Hawk Drive.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A Beaufort County emergency manager reported trees down on houses along the 600 block of Sam's Point Road, the 20 block of Sangster Road and along Tucker Avenue on Lady's Island.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Springfield Road and Middle Road.

Every storm recorded in Beaufort 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
Daniels1.5 miles19
Lucy Creek1.5 miles19
Springfield1.6 miles19
Attaway2.0 miles19
James Byrnes Estates2.0 miles19
Pepper Hill2.0 miles19
Marsh Hawk2.2 miles19
Rivers Edge2.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231925. 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.