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Woodward, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29014. The Survey maps it on the Blackstock quadrangle.

Woodward within Fairfield County

On record in Woodward

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Woodward between 1992 and 2017, burning about 343 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2001Arson/incendiarism56 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Woodward: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Peay MineGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodward in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 2010Thunderstorm WindWoodward$10,000DOT reported trees down on Highways 32 and 52.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWoodward$4,000DOT reported several trees down on secondary roads south of Blackstock.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodward$2,000DOT reported trees down in northwest Fairfield county on several county roads.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWoodward$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Lewis Store Road near Old Douglas Road near the community of Blackstock.
March 2021HailWoodward-Public reported, via social media, one inch hail along Old Douglas Rd. Time estimated.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Public reported several trees down on Ashford Rd. Time estimated.
March 2021HailWoodward-Public reported nickel size hail on Ashford Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Several large limbs down along Dawkinsville Rd near the Blackstock community.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Tree in roadway on Old Douglass Rd near the Chester County line.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodward-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Blackstock Rd at US Hwy 321.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Trees down along Hwy 321 near the county line.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Numerous trees down in the Blackstock area with several roads blocked.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Trees down Red Hill Church Rd.
April 2012HailWoodward-Public reported penny to quarter size hail in and around Blackstock.
June 2009HailWoodward-Golf ball size hail reported on Blackstock Rd.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWoodward-Trees down on Blackstock Rd and also on Lewisville Rd.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWoodward-State Law Endorcement reports trees and powerlines down.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWoodward-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
White Oak4.7 miles15
Douglass6.3 miles14
Adger6.7 miles14
Lebanon8.2 miles14
Stover8.2 miles13
Gladden Grove (historical)8.6 miles13
Old Buckhead8.7 miles14
Salem Crossroads9.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251513. 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.