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Wisacky, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bishopville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29010. The Survey maps it on the Bishopville East quadrangle.

Wisacky within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Wisacky between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,417 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 57 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 burning128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined122
Arson/incendiarism57
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Natural1

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
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Debris and open burning1.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wisacky: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lamar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Lamar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wisacky in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWisacky$18,000EM reported a large oak tree fell on a vacant house causing minor structural damage. Several other trees were down on the property.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWisacky-Trees were downed at Lee State Park.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWisacky-Trees and power lines down south of Bishopville on Wisacky Hwy.
March 2008HailWisacky-Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWisacky-Sheriff reported trees down on Coopers Mill road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWisacky-EOC reported several trees down.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
McCutchens Crossroads2.2 miles15
English Crossroads2.7 miles15
Elliott3.2 miles15
Kiffs Crossroads3.4 miles15
Bishopville5.6 miles15
McCutchen (historical)5.6 miles16
Cypress Crossroads5.7 miles15
Spur5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251483. 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.