South Carolina, 2011

Wildfire in South Carolina, March 14, 2011

March 14, 2011 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Warm temperatures in combination with low relative humidity values, resulted in conditions favorable for wildfire starts in southern South Carolina.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

Warm temperatures in combination with low relative humidity values, resulted in conditions favorable for wildfire starts in southern South Carolina.

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Jasper

When
March 14, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Jasper forecast zone
Reported by
Park/Forest Service

The South Carolina Forestry Commission reported a 160 acre wildfire 9 miles north-northeast of Hardeeville, South Carolina.

What these are

Wildfire
A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2011

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 294167.