Willtown Bluff, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29449. The Survey maps it on the Fenwick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1919 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Fenwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Willtown Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,441 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CAMPER FIRE |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willtown Bluff: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Peat. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Pond Mine | Peat | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| T.T. Mine (Ti Ti Mine) | Peat | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willtown Bluff in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willtown Bluff | $1,000 | One tree down on SC Highway 174, near Dahoo Bridge. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willtown Bluff | - | The Ace Basin RAWS recorded a wind gust of 61 miles per hour. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willtown Bluff | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Ace Basin RAWS site ABRS1. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willtown Bluff | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the ACE Basin RAWS site. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrelville | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Adams Run | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shiloh | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Landing | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Parkers Ferry | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ponpon | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Osborn | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Little Edisto | 6.6 miles | 18 |
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 Willtown Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18159307 | The 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 1228003. 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.









