Awendaw, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29429. It stands on Steed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Awendaw quadrangle. 1,399 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 21 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAwendaw grew from 1,294 to 1,399 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,294 | |
| 2020 | 1,399 | +105 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Awendaw quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
325 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Awendaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,140 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 164 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 164 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 9.7 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | ION CAR |
| 30 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BUBBSY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Awendaw in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | $728,550 | An emergency manager reported swift water rescues underway in the Awendaw area. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Awendaw | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Lightning | Awendaw | $10,000 | Awendaw Fire Department reported a lightning strike to a house in the 660 block of Sewee Road. The lightning strike caused a small structure fire. |
| May 2024 | Lightning | Awendaw | $5,000 | Awendaw Fire Department reported a lightning strike at a residence. No fire was reported but there was minor damage to the home. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | $5,000 | A trained weather spotter reported the yards of numerous residences along Doar Road were completely flooded, with water flowing across parts of Doar Road in several locations. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | $1,000 | The Broadcast Media reported water to a depth of 1 foot covering U.S. Highway 17 at the Seewee Visitors Center near Awendaw, South Carolina. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | $1,000 | The public reported flash flooding off of U.S. Highway 17 southwest of Awendaw, South Carolina, with water surrounding several structures including a home. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | $500 | A trained weather spotter reported that Doar Road was completely flooded, with the yard of the spotters residence flooded as well. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Awendaw | $500 | NWS storm survey confirmed F0 tornado touch down near Doar Road and Wilson Cemetary Road. Path Length was 1.5 miles and path width was 30 yards. Tornado track was from Bulls Bay, crossed the Intercoastal Waterway, and into Charleston County near the Sewee Coastal Retreat Center. Numerous trees damaged and uprooted. Winds estimated to be 60 to 70 mph. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | A trained spotter reported a tree down along Highway 17 near Steed Creek Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | A spotter reported a downed tree across a dirt road near Limehouse Road. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Awendaw | - | The Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and tree limbs down, 1 mile west-northwest of Awendaw, South Carolina. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Awendaw | - | The public reported quarter size hail along Doar Road and estimated winds of 40 to 50 mph in Awendaw, South Carolina. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | - | A portion of Highway 17 near the Sewee Visitor Center was reported flooded with rainwater. One lane in each direction was closed due to the high water. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Awendaw | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of one inch hail received from a weather spotter near Awendaw, South Carolina. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by the public. Dime size hail was also reported. The report was relayed by broadcast media. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Awendaw | - | Tornado snapped off large trees and broke off large tree limbs in the Francis Marion National Forest. Tornado touched down about 7 miles east of Huger at 754 pm and traveled East near 5 miles before dissipating about 4 miles north of Awendaw in Charleston County at 803 pm. The tornado was rated low end F1 with winds in the 75 to 85 mph range and at the widest point was 200 yards wide. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | - | Steeds Creek Rd. closed and flooded. Upper Doar Rd flooded and closed. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | - | Portions of Highway 17 flooded. Several county roads flooded. Rainfall estimates near 4 inches. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and a large limb. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off its foundation, blew down a fence, and downed several trees. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs in Awendaw. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Awendaw | - | Several trees and power lines were down. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Awendaw | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineland | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Corner | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Buck Hall | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Laurel Hill Plantation | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tibwin | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Thompson Corner | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Moores Landing | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Moores Corner | 8.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Awendaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2675178 | 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 1229363. 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.




