Bath, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29816. It stands on Little Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Warrenville 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
- 1964 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
571 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 571 fires within 5 miles of Bath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,488 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 98 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 | 172 |
| Debris and open burning | 143 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 98 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Other causes | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Bath: 13 unknowns, 13 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken County Deposit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1879, 1955 | |
| Horse Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine) | Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin | |
| Horse Creek | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Aiken Kaolin District | Kaolin | Producer | 1852 | |
| Graniteville Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Langley Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Clearwater Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Clearwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bath in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | $24,000 | SKYWARN spotter and Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Bath, Langley, and Clearwater. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | $6,000 | SKYWARN spotter reported trees down across the road at the intersection of Sudlow Lake Road and Lake Road. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Bath | $100 | Pea size hail reported at Anthony Dr and Hwy 421 (Augusta Rd). Time estimated. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | - | SCHP reported trees down on Anthony Dr at Mill St in Burnettown, Howlandville Rd at Cemetery Rd in Gloverville, and Dibble Rd at Hitchcock Pkwy near Gloverville. Times estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | - | Trees in roadway on Anthony Dr near Jefferson Davis Hwy (US Hwy 78). |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | - | Sheriff reported several trees down, one on a home on Henderson Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynwood | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Ridgecrest | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Johnstown | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Horse Creek | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Burnettown | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Clearwater | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Jacksonville | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Langley | 1.6 miles | 19 |
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 Bath | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4868880 | 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 1231033. 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.











