Badham, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29471. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1920 USGS St. George quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS St George quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS St. George quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS St. George quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS St. George quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
383 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Badham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,687 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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 | 151 |
| Debris and open burning | 140 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Badham: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cooper Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Badham in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Lightning | Badham | $5,000 | Law Enforcement reported that a lightning strike started a barn on fire, 3 miles northwest of Saint George, South Carolina. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down along Bishopville Road, near Saint George, South Carolina. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Badham Drive, 2 miles west-northwest of Saint George, South Carolina. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | Dorchester County Emergency Management reported a tree down along the 100 block of Rebecca Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | Dorchester County Emergency Management reported three pine trees down on a house along the 100 block of Davis Terrace. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | The Dorchester Warning Point reported a tree down at the 500 Block of Mount Zion Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway near the intersection of Hudson Road and Windham Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Saint Mark Bowman Road and Lemon Grove Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Badham | - | The Dorchester County 911 Call Center reported three trees down near Reevesville. The first tree was located at the intersection of Winningham Road and Reeves Farm Road. The second tree was located at the intersection of Independent School Road and White Stone Drive. The third tree was located at the intersection of Lemon Grove Road and St Mark Bowman Road. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Badham | - | A trained spotter reported brief penny size hail 1 mile north of Saint George, South Carolina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudsontown | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Old Saint George | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Saint George | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Reevesville | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sugar Hill | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cow Tail (historical) | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Byrd | 5.3 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 Q122565211 | 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 1220287. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.












