Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Batesburg-Leesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29006. The Survey maps it on the Batesburg quadrangle. 5,270 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
On record in Batesburg-Leesville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Batesburg-Leesville High Schoollisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Old Batesburg Grade Schoollisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Hartley Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
A. C. Jones Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Southern Railway Depotlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Mitchell-Shealy Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
John Jacob Rawl Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Batesburg Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Henry Franklin Hendrix Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Cartledge Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
McKendree Mitchell Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Simon Bouknight Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresBatesburg-Leesville fell from 5,517 to 5,270 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,517 | |
| 2010 | 5,362 | -155 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 5,270 | -92 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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
- 1964 USGS Batesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Batesburg-Leesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Batesburg-Leesville: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlowe Creek | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Whittle Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | Igneous |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesburg | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Leesville | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kneece | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fredonia | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mims | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chinquapin Falls | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hall (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Summit | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Batesburg-Leesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2139658 | 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 1692657. 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.






