Ashepoo, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29452. It stands on Horseshoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Pond quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 19 photographs shown, 1938 to 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1938. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Colleton County
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Ashepoo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,629 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 52 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 | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 236 acres | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CBFLDS96-1 |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashepoo in 25 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $6,000 | Trees and power lines down along the 1200 block of Bennetts Point Road. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $6,000 | Trees and power lines down along Charleston Highway and Bonnie Doone. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $2,500 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported power lines down along Ace Basin Parkway near Ashepoo Drive. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,250 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported power lines down on Charleston Highway. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported one tree down and blocking both lanes at the 2000 Block of Bennetts Point Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down at 3500 Bonnie Doon Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down due to thunderstorm|outflow near 4000 Bonnie Doon Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | The SC Department of Highways reported a tree down on Bonnie Dune Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Clover Hill Road and Ace Basin Parkway. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $1,000 | Trees down in Several locations near Ashepoo. Trees down on Bennetts Point Rd. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported one tree down on Crumley Road, 3 miles north of Ashepoo, South Carolina. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down along Prices Bridge Lane near Landing Road, 3 miles north of Ashepoo, South Carolina. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | $500 | One tree was reported down approximately one mile north of Ashepoo, South Carolina. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Colleton County dispatch reported two trees down along Bennett's Point Road. One tree was down near Wood Duck Lane and the other was down near Octavia Lane. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Ashepoo | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported Charleston Highway closed due to flooding at Horseshoe Creek Bridge between Neyles and Jacksonboro, South Carolina. Water was actively flowing over the roadway. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Two trees were reported down on Ace Basin Parkway. One was down at Bennetts Points Road and the other was down at Ivenia Brown Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported power lines down and a tree down and blocking the roadway in the 2400 Block of Featherbed Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | A tree was reported down and in the roadway at Wee Hope Loop and Bonnie Doon Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Bennetts Point Road and Mt Olive Road. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ashepoo | - | A trained spotter reported hail that ranged from quarter sized to golf ball sized, covering a porch. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large limbs. Nickel size hail was also reported in Jacksonboro. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Large tree limbs were knocked down at a tour outpost on the Ashepoo River. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Trees and limbs were down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashepoo | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Pond | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo Crossing | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ritter | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jacksonboro | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Burnt Church Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Neyles | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Catholic Hill | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Hill | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q122551671 | The 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 1231013. 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.
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.









