Woodlawn, South Carolina
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29821. The Survey maps it on the Clarks Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1920 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarks Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 660 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLUMBIA-004 |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | 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
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlawn in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | $8,000 | County dispatch reported trees down on Lost Wilderness Road, Gilchrist Ferry Road, and Old Plum Branch Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | $2,000 | DOT reported some trees down on Woodlawn Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | McCormick Co dispatch reported trees down at Hwy 28 and Hopewell Church Rd, south of Clarks Hill. Time estimated. |
| March 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodlawn | - | An EF1 tornado took down many trees along its path from the Sumter National Forest to just southwest of Edgefield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriwether | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Clarks Hill | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Modoc | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Parksville | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bethany (historical) | 15.5 miles | 16 | |
| Parks Mill | 16.5 miles | 16 | |
| Whitetown | 16.5 miles | 16 | |
| Plum Branch | 16.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230519. 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.












