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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.

Awendaw within Charleston County

Population over time

2 figures

Awendaw 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,294
20201,399+105 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

325 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism164
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Debris and open burning61
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
22 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Debris and open burning9.7 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National Forestsnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsION CAR
30 August 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsBUBBSY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodAwendaw$728,550An emergency manager reported swift water rescues underway in the Awendaw area.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Awendaw$75,000no account filed
July 2022LightningAwendaw$10,000Awendaw 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 2024LightningAwendaw$5,000Awendaw Fire Department reported a lightning strike at a residence. No fire was reported but there was minor damage to the home.
August 2009Flash FloodAwendaw$5,000A 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 2009Flash FloodAwendaw$1,000The 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 2009Flash FloodAwendaw$1,000The public reported flash flooding off of U.S. Highway 17 southwest of Awendaw, South Carolina, with water surrounding several structures including a home.
August 2009Flash FloodAwendaw$500A trained weather spotter reported that Doar Road was completely flooded, with the yard of the spotters residence flooded as well.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Awendaw$500NWS 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 2025Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-A trained spotter reported a tree down along Highway 17 near Steed Creek Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-A spotter reported a downed tree across a dirt road near Limehouse Road.
July 2011HailAwendaw-The Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and tree limbs down, 1 mile west-northwest of Awendaw, South Carolina.
May 2010HailAwendaw-The public reported quarter size hail along Doar Road and estimated winds of 40 to 50 mph in Awendaw, South Carolina.
May 2008Flash FloodAwendaw-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 2008HailAwendaw-Broadcast media relayed a report of one inch hail received from a weather spotter near Awendaw, South Carolina.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by the public. Dime size hail was also reported. The report was relayed by broadcast media.
April 2006Tornado (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 2005Flash FloodAwendaw-Steeds Creek Rd. closed and flooded. Upper Doar Rd flooded and closed.
July 2005Flash FloodAwendaw-Portions of Highway 17 flooded. Several county roads flooded. Rainfall estimates near 4 inches.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and a large limb.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-Thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off its foundation, blew down a fence, and downed several trees.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs in Awendaw.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindAwendaw-Several trees and power lines were down.
June 2007HailAwendaw-no account filed
April 2006HailAwendaw-no account filed
May 2002HailAwendaw-no account filed
May 2001HailAwendaw-no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodAwendaw-no account filed
March 1996HailAwendaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charleston 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
Pineland1.4 miles11
Fort Corner2.9 miles10
Buck Hall3.0 miles11
Laurel Hill Plantation3.6 miles11
Tibwin6.1 miles11
Thompson Corner6.4 miles9
Moores Landing7.1 miles13
Moores Corner8.8 miles11

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 AwendawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2675178The 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.