Workman, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kingstree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29556. It stands on Pudding Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Workman quadrangle.

Workman within Williamsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Workman quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Workman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,520 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 78 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	99
Debris and open burning	91
Arson/incendiarism	78
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	7
Smoking	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2017	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2019	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg 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 Workman: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Williamsburg County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Workman in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Workman	$35,000	A survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded a squall line produced straight-line winds up to 75 to 85 mph. The most significant damage surveyed was along Manning Highway between Easler Highway and Highway 52. Tree damage along this 5 mile stretch of roadway was widespread. Numerous large limbs were blown out of healthy trees. A few tree tops were snapped out of healthy trees, up to 14 inches in diameter. A few larger trees were snapped off, but these larger trees possessed considerable rotten wood. A few medium to large trees were uprooted. In addition, several homes lost a small amount of shingles or flashing. Some homes received mostly minor damage from falling trees or limbs. A few outdoor buildings were damaged or destroyed as the wind lifted the metal roofing and deposited it up to 100 yards away. The time of the damage was estimated based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Williamsburg 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mouzon	2.2 miles	8
Martins Crossroads	2.4 miles	8
Hebron Crossroads	7.1 miles	8
Belsers Crossroads	7.3 miles	8
Baker Crossroads	7.8 miles	8
Kingstree	8.6 miles	8
Brockington	8.7 miles	8
Terrell Crossroad	9.0 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227709. 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.