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Yenome, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kline-Snelling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29812. It stands on Riley Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Barnwell quadrangle.

Yenome within Barnwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Yenome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,233 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined81
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural9
Smoking6
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1999Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barnwell 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 Yenome: 1 unknown. 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
Highway 27 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Barnwell County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yenome in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2013Thunderstorm WindYenome$3,000The County Dispatch reported trees down along Hwy 3 near Red Oak Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindYenome$2,000Sheriff reported trees down on Hwy 300 and Annie Laurie Drive.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYenome$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down across the road at SC 300 and Emerald Lane.
July 2017HailYenome$100Public reported one half inch size hail on Henry Dr.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindYenome-Barnwell dispatch reported trees down along Highway 278 near Red Oak Road. Time estimated via radar.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindYenome-Trees down along Patterson Mill Rd. Time estimated.
September 2011HailYenome-Public reported quarter size hail on Strawberry Rd. 4 miles NNE of Kline.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYenome-Sheriff's Dispatch reported trees down at Hwy 64 and Mulberry Rd.

Every storm recorded in Barnwell 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
Hagoods Mill2.7 miles16
Owens Crossroad3.4 miles16
Kline4.0 miles16
Hells Half Acre4.0 miles16
Barnwell4.3 miles16
Happy Bottom4.5 miles16
Boiling Springs5.6 miles16
Yale (historical)6.8 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122550753The 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 1231942. 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.