Appendices

Interagency Agreement for the Meteorological Services in Support of Agencies with Land and Fire Management Responsibilities (Click Here)

Fire Weather Zone Maps

Fire weather zones in South Carolina will consist of individual counties or groups of counties. These groupings will be dictated by meteorological conditions, may change with each forecast issuance, and may contain counties in adjacent states served by the forecast office. Normally, zone groupings are associated with climatologically homogeneous areas, even with current meteorological reasoning taken into account. For a map of the SC fire weather zones and the NWS offices that serve them, click here.

Catalog of Fire Weather Observation Sites

Name (Agency), County, Station Number, Latitude, Longitude, Elevation

ANDREW PICKENS (USFS), Oconee Co., 380102, 34.8000 N, 83.2000 W, 1600'

WHITMIRE (USFS), Union Co., 380902, 34.6330 N, 81.6000 W, 400'

LONG CANE (USFS), Edgefield Co., XXXXXX, 33.5500 N, 82.0800 W, 430'

SAVANNAH NWR (USFWS), Jasper Co., 384201, 32.1000 N, 81.0833 W, 10'

WITHERBEE (USFS), Berkeley Co., 384002, 33.1630 N, 79.8319 W, 59'

SAVRAW (USFS/SRS), Aiken Co., 383701, 33.3600 N, 81.6800 W, 310'

SAVRIV (USFS/SRS), Aiken/Barnwell Co., 383101, 33.3300 N, 81.5900 W, 390'

FORT JACKSON DOD FIRE TOWER (DOD), Richland Co., 382601, 34.0100 N, 80.5200 W, 350'

FORT JACKSON DOD LEESBURG (DOD), Richland Co., XXXXXX, 34.0396 N, 80.7396 W, 70'

CAROLINA SANDHILLS NWR (USFWS), Chesterfield Co., 381201, 34.3000 N, 80.1300 W, 400'

MARION (SCFC), Marion Co, 382901, 34.1100 N, 79.2000 W, 93'

CONGAREE NP(NPS), Richland Co., XXXXXX, 33.4600 N, 80.4700 W, 150'

WALTERBORO (SCFC), Colleton Co., 384601, 32.5500 N, 80.3700 W, 99'

WAMBAW (USFS), Berkeley, Co., XXXXXX, 33.0500 N, 79.2800 W, 15'

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Record of Changes to the AOP

October 2006:

Noted in Services that the spot forecast format may be tabular.

January 2007:

Noted in Wildland Fire Agency Responsibilities the upcoming automation of R to O type NFDRS observations.

Made detailed descriptions of forecast parameters in Services Provided by the National Weather Service, and made active links to each NWS office.

February 2008:

Added a call to action statement for the Fire Danger Statement.

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