Beech Island, South Carolina
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Beech Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29842. It sits by Sand Bar Ferry Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle. 1,421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
On record in Beech Island
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 4 records
Cedars, Thelisted 1993
Oakland Plantationlisted 2011
Redcliffelisted 1973
Zubly Cemeterylisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1965 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Beech Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Beech Island: 8 unknowns, 7 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 | |
| Aiken Kaolin District | Kaolin | Producer | 1852 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kellos Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beech Island in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 1996: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beech Island | $1,000 | Trees blown down from wind on Silver Bluff Road near Beech Island. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beech Island | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Beech Island | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savanna Town (historical) | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pembrook | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lynns Ranchettes | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Twiggs | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Spiderweb | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Storm Branch Park | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Russell Hill | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Johnstown | 4.6 miles | 21 |
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 Beech Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474268 | 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 1245034. 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.










